Driftless Stories
Interview with Alaska String Band
(What’s got 8 wheels, 25 strings, 5 heads and is 140 years old? Well, The Alaska String Band of course…) By Benji Nichols When faced…
Bloom is a small flower farm in Northeast Iowa run by Jen Opheim and family. At Bloom, we love to watch things grow and to be creative. It all begins with a vision. Maybe you want fresh locally grown flowers for your DIY wedding bouquets. Maybe you want to promote your business with a petite posy giveaway. Or maybe you have a flower friend who would love a unique gift of blooms through our seasonal CSA. Whatever your flower needs are, we’re happy to help. Let’s create something beautiful together!
Bloom is a small flower farm in Northeast Iowa run by Jen Opheim and family. At Bloom, we love to watch things grow and to be creative. It all begins with a vision. Maybe you want fresh locally grown flowers for your DIY wedding bouquets. Maybe you want to promote your business with a petite posy giveaway. Or maybe you have a flower friend who would love a unique gift of blooms through our seasonal CSA. Whatever your flower needs are, we’re happy to help. Let’s create something beautiful together!
Bloom is a small flower farm in Northeast Iowa run by Jen Opheim and family. At Bloom, we love to watch things grow and to be creative. It all begins with a vision. Maybe you want fresh locally grown flowers for your DIY wedding bouquets. Maybe you want to promote your business with a petite posy giveaway. Or maybe you have a flower friend who would love a unique gift of blooms through our seasonal CSA. Whatever your flower needs are, we’re happy to help. Let’s create something beautiful together!
(What’s got 8 wheels, 25 strings, 5 heads and is 140 years old? Well, The Alaska String Band of course…) By Benji Nichols When faced…
Kim Powell took sabbatical leave from her job at Luther College to oversee the construction of the new Humane Society of Northeast Iowa shelter.
Community-building happens in all kinds of places. Even an old garage, like Ernie’s Station, owned by Ernie Johnson of Whalan, Minnesota.
The childhood of Mollie B. (from Spring Grove, MN) shaped her to now be a preeminent polka front-woman on a national and international level.
Inspire(d) interviews Driftless knitting expert Bev Bakkum! Knit up and purl a spell with this local treasure in the fiber arts.
The Fall 2025 Inspire(d) Magazine marks 18 years of this experiment in positive news! Read Aryn Henning Nichols' editor's letter here.
Here at Inspire(d) HQ, we value positive news. Friends, family, neighbors who do good things. Ideas that make us think. Optimism. We believe that people are, as a whole, good, and that tiny changes can turn into big, world changes.