Iowa’s Skuzzy River Towns

Last week, The Atlantic published an opinion piece about life in Iowa written by New Jersey-born Stephen G. Bloom, I had a hard time getting through the whole article, because I don’t generally read fiction, especially when it is cloaked as respectable reporting.

By |2016-10-21T15:29:01-05:00December 15th, 2011|About the Mississippi Valley|14 Comments

Dubuque

Population (2010) 57,637 Introduction Dubuque is an exciting place to visit these days, as the historic core fills back in with residents and small businesses. There's a lot of energy in this old city, enough to entice visitors back time and again. Visitor Information The

By |2022-06-04T10:40:45-05:00October 2nd, 2009|Iowa|Comments Off on Dubuque

Another Wonder of a Church in Dubuque

I can't help myself. Maybe I have deep, unresolved issues when it comes to God and religion ("God is a loving presence...God is dead...No, God never was... God is just an absentee landlord"), but I just can't stop myself from visiting old churches ("Look at that lovely church; I wonder what it is like inside..."). I

By |2016-10-21T15:29:29-05:00May 27th, 2009|Blogging the Great River Road|Comments Off on Another Wonder of a Church in Dubuque

Dubuque’s Treasured Churches

Dubuque’s capitalists struck it rich and poured money into extravagant buildings to prove their worth. Fortunately for us, many of those buildings are still around, including four churches that would be treasures in a city much larger than modest Dubuque.

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Random Bits from the Road

I have a hard time writing blogs while I’m on the road, because my days are packed from dawn to dusk. Yesterday, for example, I ran around Dubuque for about 10 hours checking out another church, 5 more B&Bs, some shops, and a library. By the time I finished dinner, it was 8:30 and my energy level was near

By |2016-10-21T15:29:30-05:00April 23rd, 2009|Blogging the Great River Road|Comments Off on Random Bits from the Road

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