des moines
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A girlfriend from my early 20’s posted this on Facebook this morning. As I was responding to her, I was thinking about friendships. Today is the birthday of a friend who no longer circulates with me in the physical world because he passed on 11 years ago. He’s the kind of friend that still visits Read more
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Some things just make you go HMMM. I’ve been going thru totes of memories that we have moved from one house to another to another to another. The best part was reading through old letters from friends of 45+ years…laughing, shaking my head, and doing a lot of WHATS??? I read things that could easily Read more
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I was so excited to find the C W Parker Carousel Museum in Leavenworth,Kansas about an hour away. Carousels are magical for me…I think it’s a little slice of childhood that didn’t leave me….happy memories of lights and tinkling music and going around and around with my hair blowing in the breeze. Looking forward to Read more
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Our neighbor who lives the second house down is from Des Moines. Now for those who don’t know, I’m originally from Des Moines. She’s probably a decade older than I am so we wouldn’t have the same friends…..and she went to a high school on the other side of Des Moines…interestingly enough my high school’s Read more
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I am always proud when I hear good rankings of Des Moines in Forbes Magazine, Huffington Post and other news sources I read about through Twitter or on the best news source *rolling eyes… Facebook. I was born in Des Moines and made my home in Iowa’s Capitol city until I was 23 when I moved Read more
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As I was rolling down I35 this afternoon from Des Moines to Kansas City, I was transported into one of those metaphysical caravans. That feeling of belonging to the group when you travel behind or in front of other cars who have their speed control set at exactly the same speed. Today’s relationship involved an Read more
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Returning to Des Moines, my original home town, makes me feel nostalgic….those long-gone moments! It just feels good when we drive through the west mix master and start our journey across the freeway of memories. For Katy and Adam’s wedding, we made our weekend home at the downtown Marriott. From our hotel window was this view of Read more
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Jen from the bank just called to tell me we will be signing papers on Thursday with closing on Friday then we will own a house in Pleasant Hill, Missouri. Ironically, I grew up just across the cornfield from Pleasant Hill, Iowa and lived in Pleasant Hill, Iowa for about 3 years prior to marrying Read more
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