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Hickory Hill Park with Sena the Bigfoot Hunter
Because we found that tree structure in Hickory Hill Park recently, Sena led us on a Bigfoot hunt yesterday. At first all we saw were more dragonflies. One was a male Widow Skimmer. We knew it was a male because it had white patches on its wings. So the first one we saw the other…
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Skimming the Parks
We took a walk on the Hickory Hill Park short Loop and the James Alan McPherson Park. We’ve lived in Iowa City for 34 years and walked only one other Hickory Hill Park trail. That was several years ago. Just before you start the short Loop, you can read a poem, The Morning by W.S.…
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The Little Mundanities of Life
Sena says I need to write about some mundanities, so I will. She says the mundane things in life are important. She told me about an episode of The Waltons she saw years ago, which emphasized the importance of life’s little mundane things. I looked for the episode on the web, but couldn’t find it.…
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The Cigarette Waltz
A couple of days ago we heard a ballet called The Cigarette Waltz by a French composer, Edouard Lalo, on one of the Iowa Public Radio (IPR) classical music programs. The announcer told a little anecdote (most of which I didn’t hear) about the saying “Smoke‘em if ya got’em” which he traced to the World…
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Hammerhead Worm Invasion!
The other day Sena and I were talking with a landscaping consultant about a job we’d like done on our backyard patio. He uncovered a worm in the dirt, and it seemed to wriggle energetically. Jumping worms had been in the news a lot last month. The consultant picked it up and the worm seemed…
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Friday Blues with Big Mo on KCCK
Heard this on the Big Mo Blues show tonight on ‘da Friday Blues, “your blues prophylactic protecting you from the demon seeds of life every Friday night” with Big Mo on KCCK, 88.3, Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.
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The Kids to Decide on the Next Hawkeye Wave Song!
The new Hawkeye Wave song will be decided by the kids, and it won’t be just a single song. According to a story in Iowa Now: For every home game the Iowa football team plays inside Kinnick Stadium, the UI Department of Athletics, in coordination with the UI Stead Family Children’s Hospital Kid Captain program,…
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Learning About Monkeypox
The University of Iowa podcast Rounding@Iowa, hosted by Dr. Gerard Clancy, MD talked with Infectious Diseases specialist Dr. Jeffery Meier, MD about the essential facts about Monkeypox for health care professionals, recorded on June 2, 2022. This podcast would also be interesting to anyone interested in learning more about Monkeypox.
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Trekfest Almost Here!
The Star Trek festival, Trekfest is almost here! Don’t miss this event held in Riverside, Iowa on June 24 and 25th this week.
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Scott Boulevard Trek
We took a walk on Scott Boulevard on a gorgeous day. We said hello to the Sitting Man. And we found a new sculpture of a praying dog just inside the entrance to Harvest Preserve. It looks like a very pious Bassett Hound. We don’t know the significance of the piece. I did a quick…
