The Boys – and Girls – of Summer are back! Baseball fans around the country will gather at ballparks, sports bars and in front of televisions to watch America’s Pastime kick off the 2022 season. Finally settling the battle of billionaires and millionaires that delayed the start of the season with an owners’ lockout, fans […]
It’s opening day for baseball fans. The crack of the bat. The smell of a glove’s leather. Baseball is back. Will the Chicago Cubs repeat as World Series champs? Will Cleveland end its baseball title drought? Doesn’t matter; everyone thinks their team is good enough to win it all…right now. As you grab a hot […]
Want to learn about day trips from the Omaha area? Maybe check out places where legends and celebrities called home in the Midwest? How about checking out some of the natural beauty we have in the region? These and more are the focus of a Midwest Travel class that we and Metropolitan Community College are […]
Spring is in full bloom. So are the flowers and plants in our area. We thought we’d take a look at the botanical gardens available to Midwesterners to take in nature’s beauty. Lisa and I realized we’ve been to quite a few during our travels wound the Midwest. I know we’ll see more gardens as […]
It’s here! It’s here! Not the new phone book (Steve Martin fans, smile). Spring. Spring time is upon us. Time to put away the heavy coats, mittens, scarves and galoshes. Time to break out the windbreaker, umbrellas and sneakers. Ah, yes, spring time. Does anything beat spring, with trees sprouting new leaves and new flowers […]
Warren Buffett is credited with saying “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree long ago.” How many of us even think about a tree’s life when we see them or take a rest under the shade? I know I’ve been among the many who complain during the Fall when leaves […]
We were on our way to the start of our vacation in Wisconsin last summer. Just before we hit the Wisconsin border, we drove by Dubuque, IA. It immediately caught my eye as a place that I wanted to come back and check out later. Something about the look and feel even from the brief […]
Major League Baseball’s postseason gets underway Tuesday and Wednesday with the Wild Card games. The Divisional rounds start Thursday. The Midwest is represented by two Missouri teams for the first time since 1985. The St. Louis Cardinals won the National League’s Central Division championship. The Kansas City Royals are one of the two American League […]
The beauty of flowers. The fragrance of the flora. Nothing says summer like a walk in a flower garden. That’s what we did one night to cap a day of activities during our visit to Dubuque. The Dubuque Arboretum and Botanical Garden was a nice way to spend about an hour. The botanical garden isn’t […]
Life on the Mississippi River can vary from the northlands of Minnesota to the bayou of Louisiana. The river runs 2,340 long before ending at the Gulf of Mexico. It’s the fourth largest river in the world. Traveling that length gives different views of the United States. The story of the Mississippi is shared at […]
