Category Archives: General

Trumped-Up Executions

Posted on July 16, 2020 by Anonymous

Dustin Honken is set to be executed July 17 at the U.S. Penitentiary in Terre Haute, Indiana, for two of five murders he committed in Iowa 27years ago. This case is of particular interest to Iowans because while Iowa does … Continue reading →

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What a MESS!

Posted on July 15, 2020 by Marty Ryan

Our Army company was a unit called permanent party, which meant that the company’s headquarters were stationed permanently at Fort Lee.  Most of the companies at Fort Lee, while I was there, were teaching units, and they taught quartermaster and … Continue reading →

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Sweet, Sweet Summertime

Posted on June 17, 2020 by Marty Ryan

We ate our first garden-raised tomato ten days ago.  I’m not kidding.  It came from Stephanie’s garden.  We also ate our first strawberries of the year, also from Stephanie’s garden.  Radishes are the only thing we’ve eaten so far from … Continue reading →

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Bizzarro!

Posted on June 2, 2020 by Marty Ryan

This link will bring you to an article written originally for the Prairie Progressive, Iowa’s oldest progressive newsletter. https://secureservercdn.net/45.40.149.159/c8h.0e8.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Bizzarro.pdf?time=1591144261

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Memorial Day 2020

Posted on May 27, 2020 by Marty Ryan

This year, on Memorial Day, I reminisced about Memorial Days past.  It used to be a huge day of drinking for me and my American Legion comrades of the 1970s and 1980s.  I don’t miss them – the days of … Continue reading →

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Who Was That Unmasked Man?

Posted on May 23, 2020 by Stephanie Fawkes-Lee

One snowy winter day in Minnesota many years ago, I bundled up my first-born son Gregg, complete with light blue snowsuit, navy fur-lined aviator hat and hand-knitted mitten and headed to the store.  He wasn’t even two-years-old and couldn’t talk … Continue reading →

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