Grant Wood's memorial window is displayed at the #VeteransDay building in Cedar Rapids, Ia. We have an amazing new book coming out on November 22 entitled "Grant Wood’s Memorial Masterpiece" by Barbara Feller. Order now for a signed copy. icecubepress.com/.../grant-wood… Barbara Feller

Tonight in Ames, Iowa: A good chance to gather and talk about the election and hear stories from the campaign trail with Ruth Harkin, 7pm, Ames Public Library amespubliclibrary.org/event/ruth-har… Details in link.

iowacapitaldispatch.com/2024/11/13/epa… This is pretty big news. DNR wrongfully delisted these stretches, & in the case of Cedar R, apparently with complicity of City of CR, even when their own data showed it was impaired. state is so eager to message success that this is crap they’ll pull.

Grant Wood #artist

An old house, and things that are nearly true. That Old House, Just Now Long Gone open.substack.com/pub/stevesemke…

What sounds great? Living like Bourdain, or Hemingway. What doesn't end up feeling so great? Living like them. #findbetterheroes

The Mulberry Branch - a poem by Dan Campion amethystmagazine.org/2024/11/18/the…

Another transition. Going to start using blue sky too. If you want to follow there here is the link bsky.app/profile/stevei…

My surprise at the latest turn of nation's politics tells me I've been poor at judging how I figure out what's been going on

You knew this was coming. Or maybe not. Support a CSL stevesemken.substack.com/p/we-interrupt…

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AUTHOR PROFILE: Barbara Feller sheds light on Grant Wood’s Veterans Memorial Window thegazette.com/books/author-p…

Here we go again. Wild Words open.substack.com/pub/stevesemke…

What can I say? I spend a lot of time watching the sun rise open.substack.com/pub/stevesemke…

I’ve found it’s good not to let others be brave for you.

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Am I the revolution

Sometimes it's all about sacred geometry open.substack.com/pub/stevesemke…

Let me try and impart a wink or two of kindness your way: open.substack.com/pub/stevesemke…

In my opinion my Mother’s Day post isn’t late at all. open.substack.com/pub/stevesemke…