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"In The Shadow of Rattlesnake Mountain" (2004, The Donning Company Publishers, Virginia Beach, Virginia) has this statement on the front cover: “A Treasury of Recipes, Photos and Memories from Lewis and Clark Through the Great Depression.”
That’s a long period of time! The pictures in this...
Along with my love of cooking and eating, I very much enjoy sewing quilt tops of all types. Keepsake Quilting is a very large quilt store in New Hampshire with catalog and online sales as well as in store sales of fabric and all things quilty. They even published a cookbook! “The Keepsake Quilting...
No, people wearing masks in public are not on the way to a masquerade party. They are certain at-risk or cautious individuals protecting themselves from the contagious COVID-19 virus.
After commercial mask inventories were quickly depleted, the medical profession has reached out to home...
We are in “shoulder season”, where on a few days winter is somehow not yet done with us but spring isn’t truly here yet. But, it IS coming and with it a craving for salads and fresh foods that are missing during the cold months in Iowa. Produce that has been shipped in over long distances just...
Wow, where have the last seven weeks gone? Some days go by at a snail’s pace and other days I can’t believe it’s May! The library has been trying to figure out how to best serve our patrons while also following guidelines set forth by the medical community. As guidelines and rules change, we have...
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I hope everyone got rid of all that stuff that was hiding in the garage and the basement during clean up days. We still need to talk about trash.
I have had questions about garbage bags and how come people put them out on Friday and the birds and cats scatter the garbage all over long...
I was able to do some traveling this past winter into the deep south. In Mississippi I came across an unusual book that brings back old-fashioned and sometimes lost recipes for southern cuisine. The “Southern Cookbook of Fine Old Recipes” was first printed by Litho Printers of Cassville, Missouri...
In 2017, a new sidewalk was installed in Bolan connecting the schoolhouse with the church. Sidewalk squares were sold to include dedications, names and businesses.
Four more squares will be added to the sidewalk to extend west to the Bolan Museum. Three of the four squares are already spoken for...
Jenna Weitzel and Dakota Rossiter of Mason City are proud to announce the birth of their son, Xavier Ray Rossiter, born on April 7, 2020, at 12:49 p.m. at MercyOne in Mason City.
Xavier weighed seven pounds, three ounces and was 19.25 inches long.
Grandparents are Jan O'Neill and John and Stacy...
Kelsie Lynn Willert graduated from Grand View University on April 25, 2020, with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History.
She was the recipient of the GV History Department’s Thorvald Hansen Award. The award was granted to an outstanding student pursuing an advanced degree; who excels in writing,...