Primitives from the Iowa Prairie

 It has been a year filled with anxiety and unbearable loss, and I have tried to make myself so busy that I won't think about the grief ...

 My sister is not doing well, she has been moved to the ICU and I fear the worst and pray for a miracle.  She was given remdisivir (I am sur...

 Ah, Facebook, a sad tale involving humans wanting to interact, wanting to be noticed, wanting some friends, but it becomes a dark dismal pl...

 The University of Iowa is sort of open now.  My oldest daughter attends there, while my youngest is starting at the local community college...

 I'm just going to ignore the world today and get a well deserved rest from all the crap.  I spent the last few days painting and wrappi...

 We had the weirdest storm a couple of weeks ago, a very rare derecho, something none of us have ever heard of before.  I meant to make note...

 Let's start with the old corona update.  Iowa is supposed to be a hot spot for the virus, but life seems to be going on somewhat normal...