Hello, again, everyone!
As some of you know, I'm obsessed with two things: Pancakes and donuts. Making one at home is much easier than the other. Every Saturday, we feast on pancakes and whatever other breakfast food the littles request, but ALWAYS pancakes.
Usually, I make Pioneer Woman's Sour Cream Pancakes because they are a grand slam...
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Visiting warm climate is fabulous
A friend and I got away from the Iowa winter for a few days earlier this month, and Florida’s warm climate was simply fabulous. The warmth and sunshine were enjoyable. Even the one day the sunscreen didn’t completely work was okay too, as well as the chillier day we chose to visit a beach. We...
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The DeeZee Spirit by Darrell Zegers
I have dealt with many so-called professional people in my life who were not what I would call professional.
At one time, my job description would have been a professional driver. What a joke!
I remember things about my driving I would not call professional. Ron Swank and I drove two old Detroit diesel-powered 18-wheelers owned and...
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Sweet Sully Memories
By Erika Veurink
For 20 years, I didn’t know the address of my Grandma’s farm.
I don’t think any of the cousins really did. We knew you drove to Sully, Iowa, and then turned at this mass of metal structures and then just when you thought you were there, turned right one more time. Its unknown coordinates...
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From the Kitchen: Taylor Vos
Although they “officially” met in preschool, Taylor Vos and her husband, Logan, didn’t start dating until 2013.
“We met back in preschool and then attended Lynnville-Sully together,” shared Taylor, this week’s featured cook. “We happened to be in each other’s class our third-grade year, where we got in trouble numerous times for talking too much—surprise, surprise!...
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The Dee Zee Spirit by Darrell Zegers – 3/16/17
One more trip to California, and it didn't go without incident, of course.
Packing my suitcase at home was stressful. A friend/relative of mine out there has three motorcycles, one is a Harley almost exactly like mine. He texted me and told me to bring my helmet along. He said we could ride up the Coast...
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Conover Seed gearing up for its third spring
As spring approaches, area farmers are looking forward to getting back in the field soon. It’s a busy time of year for the ag industry, and that includes Conover Seed north of Sully as well.
Owner Chad Conover, a Pioneer dealer, has been preparing for spring ever since November, the biggest seed-selling time of the year...
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