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Where Were You in High School?
Joe: Where was I? Toledo, Ohio. St. Francis de Sales High School, class of ‘62. Fern: I guess what I really wanted to write about is who were you in…
Apr 13
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March 2024
Make Iowa Great Again
Fern: Iowa is always full of surprises. Admire the daffodils and the next day we get out the snow shovels. What’s more surprising is the sharp right…
Mar 23
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February 2024
Issues of Local Interest
Introduction from Fern: I grew up in The Bronx and Long Island and moved to Iowa over fifty years ago with my first husband who accepted a job at Iowa…
Feb 25
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Crimes and Misdemeanors
Have you ever . . .
Feb 3
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January 2024
Wake Me When It's Over
Joe: We’ve seen this in Iowa before, but it’s actually called a ten-year blizzard. A once-in-a-decade-storm where everything stops. Schools close…
Jan 13
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December 2023
Living History
At a certain age, you don’t have to learn history, you’ve lived it. Here’s some of what we’ve lived. And a wish from both of us for peace and health in…
Dec 30, 2023
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In the Halls of Ivy
Fern: I’m reflecting back on our time at the university. I know you don’t miss teaching . . . Joe: Well, I certainly don’t miss grading papers. Fern…
Dec 18, 2023
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What’s in a Name?
Fern: So when I called to schedule the winter furnace check, the woman couldn’t find our account. And you know why . . . Joe: Because it was in my name…
Dec 2, 2023
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November 2023
No Mas Ninos
Fern: The biggest issue of the elections this week was about a woman’s right to her own body. Pro-choice won and won big! This heartening result…
Nov 10, 2023
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October 2023
Grandpa Moses
Fern: Joe retired from teaching twenty-two years ago! For more than one fourth of his life, my husband has been . . . retired! Not working. Not drawing…
Oct 28, 2023
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A Library's Middle East
Joe: We set aside our usual dialog format and give the floor to Fern. I “identify” as a woman, a liberal and also as a Jew. Writing this now, there is…
Oct 13, 2023
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September 2023
“I grow old … I grow old … I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled”
Fern: “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock” appeared in almost every poetry anthology. I read it first in high school. Again in college. You? Joe: Sure…
Sep 30, 2023
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