“Rod Stewart Hair”
“I like your hair!” a woman at the party said.
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The so-called “Keystone Kops” are fictional, silent movie policemen, whose comic incompetence displayed chaos and confusion in slapstick comedies produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917. Let’s examine a striking similarity with some of our politicians.
Why are...
“Rod Stewart Hair”
“I like your hair!” a woman at the party said.
This is always nice to hear. My hair is my least endearing feature, primarily because there is not much of it. But since my husband, Peter, started cutting it, I worry a lot less.
“How does my hair look?” I ask as I head out the...
Local farmers markets, direct-market farmers, and farm stands that are not registered to accept benefits or vouchers from customers might be leaving money on the table.
Three of these benefits are the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), and the...
Dear Editor,
Harry or Donald? I’ll start with Harry—Harry Helgeson, former Lake Mills Mayor. Mr. Helgeson had five brothers. Harry and his siblings lost their father from a fall. Tilford Helgeson died at age 40. Harry’s mother, Louise, raised six sons—not a one was born with a silver spoon in...
It was another tough week for the Perry community. After the devastating school shooting back in January, almost 1,300 Iowans working at the Tyson Plant in Perry learned last week they would be losing their jobs when the plant closes down in June.
Since we’re still in session, our top priority...
“What Cats Like”
“I’ve been reading about cats,” my husband, Peter, tells me. Peter has never had a cat before.
“Oh, yeah?”
“Salt is not good for their kidneys. We have to give Felix unsalted fish.”
Felix is our adopted street cat here in Mexico. He is coming back to the U.S. with us in a fancy...
One of my favorite days of the entire year is the Century and Heritage Farm ceremony that takes place during the Iowa State Fair. During the all-day event in the historic Livestock Pavilion, hundreds of multi-generational farm families, many in matching t-shirts, wait their turns to proudly walk...
Q: Will Congress renew the Farm Bill this year?
A: The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held its annual oversight hearing in late February to review operations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack appeared before the committee to answer questions...
Dear Editor,
As we approach Ag Week, March 17-23, I’ve been reflecting on the 82 years our family has been farming in Winnebago County. While we’re deeply tied to the land, our real roots are found in this tight-knit community.
That’s why it’s so important to me as a Winnebago County Farm Bureau...
This week in the House, Representative Heather Matson of Ankeny bravely told her story of struggling with infertility and using in-vitro fertilization (IVF) to become a mom. She knows personally how critical it is to protect this option for Iowans who want desperately to become a parent, and she’s...
