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Dear Editor,
The residents of Northwood should be grateful to the many people who are known as "essential workers," who continue to serve us during this phase of the worldwide coronavirus pandemic illness.
The town has been following national and state mandates as they are announced. The nursing...
Dear Editor,
I just finished reading the sad story in the March 18 edition of the Anchor that announced the closing of the grocery store in Grafton after 27 years in business. The people in that little town will now be forced to travel for groceries.
It brought to mind one of my concerns about...
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting
How long is social distancing going to last?
I don't know. Why?
My husband is pleading to get back into the house.
Driving by Bruce's drive
I have a wonderful neighbor, named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me, such as: I read a contract...
This week, I scheduled a dozen county meetings in keeping with my annual tour across the state to keep in touch with Iowans. Like many events, my meetings are postponed. The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting society and everyday life.
From canceled sporting events to school closings, travel...
As I sit at my desk (my dining room table for isolation-sake) I decided that it would be good to focus on what isn't in the press releases, the updates and the overabundance of information and misinformation that can be found everywhere about the coronavirus and COVID-19. The news is often...
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting
It's important that I put my shoes in the closet with the left shoe to the left of the right shoe.
Superstitious?
No, it hurts my knees if I do it the other way.
Driving by Bruce's drive
I have a wonderful neighbor, named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive,...
When I left Northwood with a bus full of 4-H members and accompanying adults for a week of touring Washington D.C., the coronavirus still felt like something that was happening elsewhere, to other people. My fellow travelers and I were too excited for the week ahead to think too much about the...
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting
I drove to Kearney, Nebraska, and back. Guess how many cows I saw.
I don't know. How many did you see?
How should I know? I didn't count them.
Driving by Bruce's drive
I have a wonderful neighbor, named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to...
Juanita Wagner didn’t know it at the time, but a piece of history landed in her family’s mailbox 80 years ago in southeast Iowa.
It was the first and only letter from her Dutch pen pal, who signed off with her full name, Annelies Marie Frank. It was dated April 29, 1940.
Eleven days later, the...
Echoes from the Loafers' Club Meeting
I was hoping to get a lot done today.
Why didn't you?
I spent all day making a list of things to do.
Driving by Bruce's drive
I have a wonderful neighbor, named Bruce. Whenever I pass his drive, thoughts occur to me, such as: It was springlike in the house...