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Stanley Museum of Art in Iowa City
We visited the Stanley Museum of Art, which opened in August. One piece impressed us even before we entered the museum. One of our favorites is “Two Lines Oblique” by George Rickey. It’s a huge mobile outside the entrance. The mural “Surroundings” by Odila Donald Odita is striking. Odita says it’s his answer to “Mural”…
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Big Mo Blues Show KCCK
I heard this spiritual by Mavis Staples, “Creep Along Moses.” It was on the Big Mo Blues Show on KCCK. It rocks, like just about everything Mavis does.
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What About Social Media?
I read this article about social media last night, written by Rachel Young, PhD, Associate Professor, Undergraduate Studies. It made me think about my WordPress blog and my YouTube accounts. I ask myself what I’m doing with them. I like to think I’m doing the right things with them. I use a sense of humor…
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University of Iowa Psychiatry Residents Get Shout Outs
Recently, University of Iowa psychiatry residents worked hard enough to get shout outs. One of them was exemplary performance on the consultation and emergency room service. The service was following over two dozen inpatients and received 15 consultation requests in a day. This is a staggering number and the resident on the service did the…
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Big Mo Blues Show KCCK Iowa City
This song is by Iowa’s own Kevin Burt. I heard it on the KCCK Big Mo Blues Show. I don’t know anything about music, but “Smack Dab in the Middle strikes me as being about dichotomies, which can be reduced to the old saying, being between a rock and a hard place or being neither…
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Rounding@Iowa Presentation on Covid-19 Bivalent Vaccine Boosters
Give a listen to the Rounding@Iowa presentation “Update on Covid-19 Bivalent Vaccine Boosters. While these presentations are mainly directed to health care providers, they are very helpful for members of the community at large.
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A Day Without Glitches in the Matrix
Yesterday was the one of those days where everything seemed to happen for a reason. If we had arrived at Terry Trueblood Recreation Area a few minutes too early or too late, we would not have seen the mesmerizing rise and fall of the shore birds on Sand Lake. I thought of the word “murmuration,”…
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Total Lunar Eclipse Blood Moon This Freezing Morning!
I took my very first selfie ever with my smartphone, which I’ve had for about 7 years. The occasion is the 2nd total lunar eclipse blood moon I’ve ever seen, which started at about 2:00 AM this morning. It was so cold outside I had to wear a sweater and my winter coat with hat…
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Get Your Tin Foil Hats Out for the Total Lunar Eclipse Tomorrow
I just found out this morning that there’s a total lunar eclipse that will be visible starting tomorrow morning. We saw the one in May this year, and we’re excited—about getting up early in the morning around 4:00 AM. Although you don’t need to wear special eye protection for a lunar eclipse, you will need…
