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Scouting for Food 2023: A National Good Turn for America!
The 2023 Scouting for Food drive is on! The Hawkeye Area Council announcement just arrived on our doorknob the other day. Pickup day is October 28, 2023. Instructions: The food drive supports local families in need. All items collected will be distributed locally. If your bag is not picked up by noon, please deliver to…
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Kindness Is Still Out There
The other day, Sena and I were talking about growing up in Mason City, Iowa. As kids, both of us were the ones who lugged the groceries home. That was back in the days of paper sacks and, for me and her, food stamps. The food stamp program got started during the Great Depression. The…
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The Fox Gets Breakfast
We again caught sight of the fox. It was hunting for breakfast, and this time it caught a mouthful of—mouse or mole, but whatever it was the hunter gulped it down in a hurry. It got pretty close to our neighbor’s fence while circling the outlot. Just like the tabby cat, it switches its tail…
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Day of The Fox Hunt
Yesterday, Sena called me to the window in the sun room to see the “tabby cat.” When I got there, it looked a lot more like a fox. It was hunting in the outlot and it may have caught a rodent. It also seemed to be flea bitten. When we first moved in to this…
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CDC Update on Respiratory Viruses and the Covid-19 Vaccine
CDC posted an update on Covid-19 vaccination on October 13, 2023. In brief, the salient points: They save lives and prevent hospitalizations. The vaccines work. The side effects are mild or moderate. Scientific evidence supports the safety and effectiveness of the vaccines. They don’t make you magnetic and they don’t have microchips to track your…
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An Unexpected Encounter with Bigfoot on the Clear Creek Trail
The other day we put in about a 2.5 mile walk on the Clear Creek Trail in Coralville. We haven’t been there in a long while. It gets really quiet along the wooded trail. Sometimes even the birds don’t sing. It was pretty quiet except for some strange knocking noises. You know, Sena has taken…
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150 Years of Coralville and Iowa River Flathead Catfish as Big as Your Leg!
We found out we missed the wheat paste murals posted on various buildings in Coralville this past summer. It’s the 150th anniversary of the city of Coralville in Iowa this year. You can find out more about it on the Coralville Public Library web site. We drove around and found some of the murals were…
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Thankful for Peaceful Fall Days
The other day we took a walk in a different direction on Scott Boulevard. Sometimes the scenery is just as beautiful in the west as it is in the east. There were three trees turning a bright red. Maybe there were maples. The birch trees are pretty any time of the year, but for some…
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The Screaming Barn of Iowa City Rises Again
Harvest Preserve made the Screaming Barn of Iowa City rise from the grave only a couple of days after I mentioned it after our autumn walk on October 2 (Monday). Halloween is the inspiration! It looks great! There were enhancements in addition to the returning theme of grisly epitaph dad jokes. It should be visible…
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Autumn Walking Colors
Sena got some new pants with an autumn leaves print. It fit really well with the colors we saw on a walk down Scott Boulevard. We always see something a little different along the way. We never noticed that the Sitting Man pedestal has a hole in it shaped like a heart. It could have…
