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Stepping into a place that I can be transported,   To a new world, In all different types of books, Tables and chairs glistening in the…

A place where Iowa’s cornfields meet the bluffs, And ancient rock remembers glacial scuffs, Lies the town of Decorah, a place of greens and golds,…

The harmony of the angelic voices, Break free from their cage.  While the audience sits in awed silence, Of the touching tale, unfolding across the…

First comes summer, Which is never a bummer, From rippling muddy waves, to sticky muddy caves, And rays of the hot sun that always misbehaves.…

The melodic, sweet sound  Of wrinkled pages flipping  Is music to my ears. Soaking up every word written On those torn, yellowed pages The musty…

Northeast Iowa artist and flower farmer Jen Opheim knows the power of new beginnings.  “I don’t sit still for very long,” she says. “I think…