Starlings Like unwanted starlings with their harsh shrieking, messy droppings, roosting in stark branches– unwelcome, as the long, stark and unbidden years … Read more … ——————————————- Joy Neal Kidney, the oldest granddaughter of the book’s heroine, is the keeper of family letters, photos, clippings, and stories. Married to a Vietnam Air Force veteran, Joy […]
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Independence Day 1907 Audubon, Iowa The Sherd and Laura Goff family Read more …
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J. F. Frazier’s Studio, Audubon, Iowa 1907 Audubon I knew this was Leora Goff but had no idea how old she was. Then I noticed this very faint mark in the lower right. I could make out that it was from Audubon! According to Leora’s memoirs, they moved “in March of 1906 to farm eight […]
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Coming Clean: Stories by Betty Moffett I am a born and bred Southerner successfully transplanted to the Midwest. Very early in my life I learned to love the stories I heard on my grandmother’s screen porch. Soon after, an intense love affair with ‘Black Beauty’ taught me the power of stories to transform and transport. […]
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Coming Clean: Stories by Betty Moffett I am a born and bred Southerner successfully transplanted to the Midwest. Very early in my life I learned to love the stories I heard on my grandmother’s screen porch. Soon after, an intense love affair with ‘Black Beauty’ taught me the power of stories to transform and […]
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Grandpa Otto’s Hammer by Hubert Caloud My middle name Otto is from my maternal grandfather Otto Wesley Vlasak. He was born in 1896, he was a World War I veteran and died in 1984. – I don’t remember Grandpa telling me anything about his time in the army until I came home from Marine boot […]
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“Modestly Illustrated” Books by The Gracie Press The Gracie Press The author: John Spiers is a writer, artist, and “dad” to a small flock of chickens who live in the center of his backyard garden. While he often produced small writing and drawing project over the years, he never found his creative niche until he […]
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Leora’s Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression – List of Chapters The second book in the Leora’s Stories series has become a reality! The undertow of the hard times of the Great Depression becomes poignantly personal in the experiences of a small-town family as they slowly sliding into unemployment and poverty. Jobs […]
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