Why do we do what we do? I noticed a child the other day sucking on their thumb; but I've seen others the same age, sucking on other fingers. One child was sucking on all of them. What's that about, anyway?Why do some people write with their right hand? I write with my left. Since we know ...
Every now and then I am asked, "What is it about astronomy that excites you so much?" After all, some have said, not much changes from year to year. I have to admit that they are right, M13 looks the same this year as it did the first time I saw it: a fuzzy ball in Hercules surrounded by tiny ...
The Wieting Theatre is getting ready for a very busy finish to this year.The high school is rehearsing for "Cinderella". It will be performed at the Wieting on Thursday, October 31 through Sunday, November 3.The new Hy-Vee store will be conducting job interviews at the Wieting center starting ...
Market Report for September 13, 2019Oh no it's Friday the 13th. There were no black cats at the Toledo Farmers' Market, just a cute little friendly gray one with white socks on two of its legs. There was no ladders to walk under, just the roped off area where no grass is growing to walk over. ...
Do you believe in coincidence? How about Karma, or "What goes around, comes around?" Or the "reaping what you sow" biblical philosophy? I believe in the last one.But to each their own.I also believe in Angels that don't sometimes don't even look like angels and Divine Appointments. Am I crazy? ...
Market Report for September 6, 2019Wow, another busy night for the Toledo Farmers' Market. The customers were plentiful along with the vendors. With the blow of the whistle and the hustle of the customers the tables soon started to appear bare. We are very lucky to have such awesome vendors ...
Over the years things change, don't they? The Chelsea of 1960 is a whole lot different than today. But that's the way life is...........always evolving, always changing in some way, shape or form. Many times the older we get them more we probably don't like the changes. But we all adapt and ...
Confess it! You'd done some insane things under the authorization of the DOT's failure to spot someone who shouldn't be drivingwell, let me speak for myself, anyway. Charging out of the garage one day, I forgot that I hadn't raise the garage door high enough. Then you spend the rest of that ...
Market Report for August 30, 2019It was another busy, entertaining night at the Toledo Farmers' Market. Iowa Premium. a National Company. was back grilling hamburgers on the large grill. Phil Shipley from Marshalltown was playing his guitar on the bandstand entertaining the crowd. All the ...
I'm not in the mood to write this column today but I know I must.Our family said goodbye to our eldest son Jimmy. He came down from Marshalltown to the Wieting almost every Friday to see the movie if it was one he wanted to see. He loved his hometown and the Wieting.I need to move on to the ...