Frank Lloyd Wright in Mason City
Months and months and months ago, I read about a hotel designed by Frank Lloyd Wright reopening in Mason City. This delighted me for a number of reasons. Some of […]
Category Archives: Iowa
Villisca Ax Murder House – Part 3
[I’m so sorry that it took me this long to post the third installment, I forgot all about it!] Previous Installments: Part 1, Part 2 Jessica and I were both […]
Whole Foods!
This is the day I’ve been waiting years for. I have been waiting ever since Martha said on nearly every episode of my favorite show of all time, The Martha […]
Villisca Ax Murder House – Part 2
Promptly at 4:00 that afternoon we pulled up outside of the house. Again, I concentrated on my psychical senses, but felt nothing. It just looked like a house. A bit […]
Villisca Ax Murder House – Part 1
Lord knows I’m weird, but I take great comfort in ghosts. I think that this scientifically unexplained phenomenon is one of the most poignantly hopeful things that exist in our […]
2011 in Review: Part 3
SEPTEMBER: September was one of the last months that I remember feeling like myself. Everything was going along swimmingly. On one lovely day I decided to go for a bicycle […]
2011 in Review: Part 2.5
I walked off about 15 pounds and had to be creative with my wardrobe due to the heat. I love that belt…I wonder where I put it?: Jessica and I […]
2011 in Review Part 1
I vividly recall December 31, 2010 because I effing hate Winter. It was an oddly balmy day so it stuck in my memory. All the snow was rapidly melting, and […]
My First Alien Encounter
[This is not the alien that I saw. I was too caught up in the moment to whip out my cellphone camera, so please forgive me. I know that as […]
What Is Everybody Talking About?
“Everybody’s talkin’ about the Brass Armadillo,” that irritating jingle used to play between every single commercial on every local channel for the longest time. I heard it so often that […]
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