Posted in apple orchard, bear River concert series, bed and breakfast, country living, enjoying life, farming, life in the country, music festival, tagged bear river concerts, bed and breakfast, buy fresh buy local, country living, faith, farm, farming, gardening, hospitality, Iowa, life, music, orchard, personal, photography, random, spirituality, vacation, winston on August 1, 2009 | 6 Comments »
“We all have hometown appetites. Every other person is a bundle of longing for the simplicities of good taste once enjoyed on the farm or in the hometown [he or she] left behind.”
Clementine Paddleford
July has been a whirlwind of activity, hospitality and the making of memories.
My wife’s 6 siblings had a family [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bear River concert series, enjoying life, house concerts, music festival, tagged bear river concerts, bed and breakfast, country living, faith, farm, farming, hospitality, house concerts, Iowa, life, music, music festival, personal, photography, random, spirituality on July 4, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Picture of my wife and I with the Small Potatoes and Gracie their dog after the concert 6/27/09
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If you ever hear that Small Potatoes is playing nearby, you owe it to yourself to go see them.
It’s hard to describe Jacquie Manning and Rich Prezioso in simple terms. They defy being put into any [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bear River concert series, enjoying life, music festival, tagged bear river concerts, bed and breakfast, faith, hospitality, house concerts, Iowa, music, music festival, orchard, personal, random, spirituality on June 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
One of the perks for hosting the concert series we kicked off last night with Scott and Michelle Dalziel and Beth Wood is spending time with the artists one on one before and after the show. We told Beth, she was welcome to crash in our B and B when she was in the area, she [...]
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Posted in Iowa, bed and breakfast, christianity, country living, enjoying life, faith, humor, life, life in the country, music festival, personal, random, relationships, spirituality on July 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today the annual RAGBRAI bike ride across Iowa rolled through our area. 10,000 bikers and another 7000 support personal….can’t you just feel the energy?
Mrs DM and I volunteer’d to help out at a food stand, ended up sitting by the road like a couple of pan handler’s, peddling things like ”smoked rope” and home [...]
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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 | 4 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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