Author: joynealkidney
Author of "Leora's Letters" and "Leora's Dexter Stories." Regular contributor to "Our American Stories."
How can you reconcile tragic losses with a loving God?
Kids and Fist Fights
Questions to Ponder: Leora’s Dexter Stories: The Scarcity Years of the Great Depression
Remembering 9/11/2001
The Wilson Brothers played ball against Nile Kinnick and Bob Feller
What’s a book that opened your eyes to a new perspective, and more. . .
Lustron Houses
Vintage Franciscan Desert Rose–Dishes of my Childhood
Blessed by a Long-lived Motherline
First Ad in Our Iowa Magazine
What a good, round friend you are! – Owl
Coded in the Hospital: Thank God for Nurse Susan and Narcan!
An Awesome Connection
Questions to Ponder: Leora’s Early Years: Guthrie County Roots
Living with an Octogenarian
Misty Mountains Quilt
Pete Springer’s Review of Leora’s Letters
Blog Tour for Simple Pleasures: Haiku from the Place Just Right by Elizabeth Gauffreau
Crossed Off my Bucket List
Tramps and the Stuart Hotel
Dillon’s War, a new WWII book by Dennis Peterson
Is Pinterest any fun?
My First Quilt: Dresden Plate
Fascinating Family History by Allen E. Rizzi
Waffles with Grandma Leora
Guest post by patio restorer and author, Craig Matthews
Quilted Flags Wallhanging
Above and Beyond: Radio Silence, a Remarkable WWII Historical Novel