 What’s the deal with the black & white saddle shoes?  Click here for the story of our farm in Greene County, Iowa. Here's looking at life at Simple Serenity Farm  Carla’s sister & brother-in-law Chris and Tony Woods, of Des Moines, were at the farm on Sunday, August 22, helping Carla do the lawn mowing and other yard work that we’ve struggled to keep up with lately, with all our medical appointments. The Woodses brought along their 18-month-old granddaughter Ari, who was a delight watching all the action from the porch with Chuck, catching up on her reading and then getting a moment on the lawn tractor seat! Click here for larger format Earlier photos in this series Iowa Hall of Pride netINS, Inc. Butler House on Grand B&B Sam's Barber Shop Douglas T. Bates III, Attorney KMA Radio's ''Chuck & Don Show'' Barack Obama story & coloring book The Monks of New Melleray Abbey RELATED LINKS About Offenburger.com Biographies Want to Reprint? Want Updates? ARCHIVES Chuck Offenburger's columns Christie Vilsack's columns Carla Offenburger's columns Carla's book reviews Jared Strong's columns Guest Columns The Simple Serenity Farm columns Farm Photos, 2006 - 2008 Our Iowa News Digest Along Our Way 
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Here are the details on where, how you can purchase Chuck’s new book “GARY THOMPSON: All-American” My new book “GARY THOMPSON: All-American,” about the life and times of one of the state’s greatest sports heroes and all-around good guys, is available now by direct purchase or U.S. Mail order. All proceeds are being donated to Gary’s alma mater, Iowa State University, so we’re trying to do as many direct sales as possible and to avoid sales commissions. Books are available for direct purchase at the Swift Stop convenience stores that the Thompson family operates in Ames and at their Phillips 66 station store on Iowa Highway 141 just north of Interstate Highways 80 & 35 on the northwest corner of the Des Moines metro area. The books are also available at Borders bookstore in Ames; at the Iowa Hall of Pride in downtown Des Moines, which has several new exhibits you need to see anyway; at Beaverdale Books, a fine independent bookstore in northwest Des Moines, and at Oskaloosa’s Book Vault, another neat bookstore you need to experience. You can also order them easily by U.S. Mail. Where? Well, the publisher is the Hexagon Grandhaven Group, of Milwaukee, headed by Thompson’s 1957 Iowa State classmate Roy Reiman. In fact, the book was edited by Reiman himself, and then he put together an excellent design and printing team to produce it. And Reiman is also the publisher of that new “Our Iowa” magazine, and they are helping us process book orders and shipments. So, books can now be ordered by writing to: “GARY THOMPSON: All-American” Checks should be written to “Our Iowa” for $19.95 per book, plus $3.95 for shipping of one book, or $4.95 shipping for two or more books. Thanks! – Chuck Offenburger
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