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Month: April 2023

April 29, 2023April 29, 2023joynealkidney

Bread and Gravy for Supper, Crackers and Milk for Dessert

April 27, 2023April 27, 2023joynealkidney

Clarinda State Hospital: Georgia Wilson

April 26, 2023April 26, 2023joynealkidney

Clarinda State Hospital: Daniel Ross Wilson

April 25, 2023April 25, 2023joynealkidney

The Poetry Home Repair Manual by Ted Kooser

April 24, 2023April 24, 2023joynealkidney

Glass Awash – Poems by Retired Truck Driver Ken Gierke

April 22, 2023April 20, 2023joynealkidney

The Williams Sisters of Jackson Township

April 21, 2023April 21, 2023joynealkidney

Brothers Born of Adversity: How the Bonds of Friendship Helped Two Men Survive the Horrors of Japanese Prison Camps and the Infamous Hell Ships During WWII

April 18, 2023April 20, 2023joynealkidney

Pvt. D.S. Wilson, U.S. Army, Squadron D, Iowa State Teacher’s College – 1943

April 17, 2023April 17, 2023joynealkidney

From Gloom to Glory (poems) by Michael Lee Womack

April 14, 2023April 14, 2023joynealkidney

Introducing the Dexter Museum Board

April 13, 2023April 13, 2023joynealkidney

Stories from Guthrie County, Panora Library, April 28

April 12, 2023April 12, 2023joynealkidney

New Poetry by Luanne Castle

April 11, 2023April 11, 2023joynealkidney

Dallas County Freedom Rock Selfies

April 7, 2023April 7, 2023joynealkidney

Unraveling Sunlight and Henry & Grace–Poems by Joe Barca

April 6, 2023April 9, 2023joynealkidney

A Poet with Panache

April 5, 2023April 5, 2023joynealkidney

Because of You Old Glory Flies by Julie Dueker

April 4, 2023April 6, 2023joynealkidney

Where to Find Audubon County Places Named in the “Leora Stories”

April 3, 2023April 7, 2023joynealkidney

Rumble & Flash (poems) by C. A. Elliott, and So Much More

April 1, 2023April 1, 2023joynealkidney

My Very First Blog Post was April 2, 2015

April 1, 2023April 12, 2023joynealkidney

Where to Find Guthrie County Places Named in the “Leora Stories”

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