When this post publishes I will be somewhere in the sky between Atlanta, Georgia and Des Moines, Iowa. While I will have a computer sitting at my feet, I will have spent the morning running around airports and haven’t had anything that resembles the time to put together a post… Read More »Week 556 Theme Reveal
This is a different sort of a food adventure. Rather than a new place that I was trying, this is the last time I had a well loved tenderloin. By the time this publishes, the proprietor of the best tenderloin in Boone will have shuttered their doors and gone the… Read More »Requiem for a Tenderloin
Back in July Carla, Teresa, and I loaded up in a car after work and went to the Berry Patch Farm near Nevada so my sisters could pick berries. I also picked a few berries, but mostly I picked images. Gaze up on my wondrous harvest! It was a good… Read More »Berry Patch
Back in July Russell, Andree, and your truly loaded into a Cadillac and headed south to Kansas City for some fried chicken. But we couldn’t just go for fried chicken and turnaround. So we went to the College Basketball Experience next to Hilton South as we are all major basketball… Read More »Kansas City Road Trip: CBE
Last Sunday I wrote about the bakery in Denison known as The Bake Shop. But while I had my breakfast there, I also had my lunch there. It had been a while since I had a tenderloin and I also hadn’t had lunch that day, I also ate lunch there.… Read More »Tenderloining: Denison Field Work
Time once again to share more pictures from my 2nd trip to the Iowa State Fair last year. The trip with the gents from Tall + Meaty. Last time we focused on turtle pictures. This time…. more turtle pictures! Here is the next collection: Still one more collection of pictures… Read More »ISF: 08/12/2025 – More Turtles
One of the good parts about road trips is that you discover amazing places that you didn’t know existed. I recently discovered one of those places when I stopped at a bakery in Denison. I was really just bored and needed to get out of the house and maybe I… Read More »Donut O’Clock: Denison Field Work
Time to start sharing images I took from my 2nd trip to the Iowa State Fair. This trip was to assist the competitive barbecue team Tall & Meaty as they competed in the barbecue contest. I’ve already covered their experience. If you are interested in reviewing, click on the link… Read More »ISF: 08/12/2025 – Fair Before Dawn
This is the last collection of images from my Birthday Road Trip I took with Nader last year. If you want to go back an relive any of the earlier collections of images from my Birthday Road Trip, click on the links below: Birthday Road Trip: Houby Festival ABirthday Road… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Old Restaurants
WILD ANIMAL! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week2-Monica Jennings – 2 weeks3-Suzie Brannen – 3 weeks4-Mary Green… Read More »WPC – WEEK 551 – WILD ANIMAL
Happy Easter! Christ is risen! Happy Easter! When this publishes Easter will be almost over, so I hope it has been a wonderful day for you and yours. On these high holy days I do like to publish a devotional. I don’t write them, but maybe some day I will.… Read More »Happy Easter (2026)
It is Good Friday! If you are looking for a worship service to attend, I will be attending the Community Good Friday Service held this year at the Central Christian Church. It occurs tonight at 7 PM. The Central Christian Church is located at: Central Christian Church803 Greene StreetBoone, Iowa… Read More »ISF: 08/07/2025 – Snakes!
After leaving Independence, Nader and I headed south towards US-30. Our first stop after reconnecting with US-30 was an old-time gas station and cafe known as Youngville. It is no longer a gas station, but sort of a living museum. During the summer months the cafe opens on Tuesdays for… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Youngville
A few weeks back the theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE was BLACK & WHITE. I used a picture of the Johnny Orr Statue from Hilton Coliseum as my submission, but you are a dang fool if you think that was the only BLACK & WHITE image I took that… Read More »Yeah, I’m Up on the Mountain
Recently the Iowa Beef Council announced the finalists for the 2026 Iowa’s Best Burger Contest. Here is a look at the map they put out: There are a ton of them that are pretty dang close to my front door and considering that I’m about out of food adventures to… Read More »I Scream: Council Bluffs Field Work
You might have been expecting my last collection of BLACK & WHITE alternates to be published today. But I’m going to hold off on that collection for a week or so for completely superstitious reasons. Therefore today I’m going to release a collection of images from the brief trip I… Read More »DM Arts Festival 2025
Here is a quick reminder! The Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group is having a clothing drive to help stock the free clothing closet at Augustana Lutheran. If you have any clothes that meet the requirements in the flyer to donate, bring them on down! You can donate them… Read More »WPC – WEEK 549 – YUMMY
My food adventures really don’t concentrate on tenderloins enough. I don’t know that will change, but it probably should. This was the most recent tenderloin adventure I’ve had with my OG Tenderloin Buddy. The co-founder of the Tenderloin Appreciation Society. My guy and yours, Scottie D.! But this was a… Read More »Tenderloining: Redfield Field Work
Last Wednesday when we left off, Nader and I were still hanging around Budget Travel’s “Coolest Small Town”, Mount Vernon. On this trip we will finish up in Mount Vernon and then head north to Stone City and then to Monticello for lunch. If you are trying to remember what… Read More »Birthday Road Trip: Road to Monticello
It is time once again for the greatest sporting event of year. It is that time known as March Madness. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Once again, I will be sponsoring a NCAA Tournament Pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. And if pride is… Read More »Cue: Ankeny Field Work
A few weeks back the theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE was BLACK & WHITE. I used a picture of the Johnny Orr Statue from Hilton Coliseum as my submission, but you are a dang fool if you think that was the only BLACK & WHITE image I took that… Read More »Thinking of You