“Language thou art too narrow, and too weak To ease us now; great sorrow cannot speak.” Words attributed to John Donne around 1617, which I found yesterday in the used…

Overwhelming humidity, the rural South, and a hurricane. I have experienced all three of these before, but always from a place of ease and safety, where I could step out,…

I don’t think Janet and I are cool in Virginia. After a pleasant drive up the Shenandoah Valley, I thought we might cut over and head east again, after first…

Iowans seem to place a lot of importance on their counties, rather than burgeoning city-states. As far as I’ve seen, Bloomfield is one of the more quaint administrative centers. And,…