Books: Growing up Country
August 5, 2009 | Books
I met Carol Bodensteiner in April, and I recently read her book, Growing up Country: Memories of an Iowa Farm Girl.
What a treat! Bodensteiner is a wonderful storyteller. She shows readers what she saw as a girl growing up on a farm in Iowa in the 1950s — from learning how to drive a tractor to the meaning of making a promise and keeping your word. Even if you didn’t grow up on a farm, this is a great coming-of-age story.
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Forty shades of green
July 22, 2009 | Iowa
No, it’s not Ireland. It’s Iowa. But, dang. The greens are amazing.
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Take that, skunk!
July 19, 2009 | Iowa
This is where the trash goes now, instead of the floor in the barn. Which means we haven’t seen the skunk in the barn for a while. But … it apparently lives in a drain pipe next to the barn. Gah. Not sure what to do about that. Maybe the corn will call it back before harvest …
Which, by the way, is sky high now. With tassels.
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