Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, house concerts, life, life in the country, music festival, personal, random, spirituality on June 3, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Katie Sawicki and Emily Stanback are on a 3 week whirlwind cross country tour to promote Katie’s new Album Time Spent Lost. They got here Sunday afternoon, staying in our bed and breakfast suite. They left this morning about 10 on their way to the West Coast. We were treated to an intimate house concert in our kitchen last [...]
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Posted in Iowa, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, farming, house concerts, humor, life, life in the country, music festival, personal, random on April 25, 2008 | 4 Comments »
I just got off the phone with the Tipton locker. I’m to drop off my pigs (I have two) next Wednesday before 5.
I have been on the look out for a pet pig the past month, which I have no intention of ever eating.
In talking with the farmer where I’m currently work, he [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, church, enjoying life, faith, house concerts, life, life in the country, music festival, personal, random, religion, spirituality on March 29, 2008 | 2 Comments »
“I’ve lived in this town ten years… this is by far the most enjoyable thing I’ve been to .”…. Steve
I’m not sure where to begin…the evening was magical.
We rented the Java Jones coffee house for the evening. Lou Brown, Bob and Aimee put on another excellent show of original music. As sometimes happens [...]
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Posted in Iowa History, apple orchard, christianity, country living, dating, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, love, music festival, personal, random, relationships, sex on November 10, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A paper trail. I’m leaving a paper trail for my children. Chances are most of what I write won’t be read by them until I’m gone, which is fine. I came across a fun activity from Debi. Debi got the idea from Writer Chic Take the letters of the alphabet and associate each one [...]
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Posted in apple orchard, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, house concerts, life, life in the country, music festival, personal on September 10, 2007 | 2 Comments »
The stage is now quiet, the cars are all gone, and our Music fest for 2007 is history. Here are just a couple of photo’s from the night:
Doug and Lisa Frey on stage
Scott and Michelle Dalziel w/ Denny McDermott on stage
It’s hard to put into words what you’ll experience @ our music fest. More [...]
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Last December we heard a father/daughter duet sing Seven Bridges Road Their harmony was crisp, they brought the crowd to their feet. I’d never heard the song before but said to my wife, “I have to sing that song at our next Music Festival ! I cut the tip of my finger off a couple of years ago, [...]
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Do you need a break? How does a visit to a Bed and breakfast sound ? The Suncrisp crop is just coming ripe. You won’t find apples like this in your local grocery store. The Bed and breakfast suite has a queen size pillow top mattress and comforter I guarantee will give you a good [...]
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Walk into The Surf Ballroom ( Clear Lake Iowa) and you will be overwhelmed by the number of autographed photos of musical legends stretching back into the 1950’s. We were there in 2005 to see Derick St Holmes (Ted Nuget/ Stranglehold) on stage w/ my roofing buddy Al R. playing backup base guitar .
click here to hear what we heard:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7dR8-3Nc0M&mode=related&search=
I told [...]
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House By The Side Of The Road
Our Bed and Breakfast opened August 2006 after years of planning, decorating, and remodeling. Our home is situated on 4 1/2 acres. We’re not doing this to get rich, we’re doing it because we love it , and it was on my list of 50 things to do before I die [...]
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“You can take the boy off the farm, but you can’t take the farm out of the boy”
This first post will have to be very short because today is our week to host the house church….and we are expecting guests in about an hour.
I grew up on a farm from about the [...]
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