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Their New York City trip reminded him of the “dream assignment” of his career, back in ’78.

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, Feb. 1, 2023 – As my wife Mary Riche has reported elsewhere, we recently spent five days in New York City – an experience that was my gift for her 75th birthday.  It was as fabulous as you might imagine.  We saw “Music Man” and “Funny Girl” on Broadway. …

February 1, 2023 in OFFENBLOGGER.

Doing baseball in Cuba, a year from right now! A Cuban writer and I hope to work together.

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 19, 2023 – It was cold, gray and snowing in Iowa as I started writing this.  The weather forecast was for up to a foot of snow in parts of the state.  Mid-January. A perfect time in Iowa to, uh, be in Cuba.  Know what I mean? In…

January 19, 2023 in OFFENBLOGGER.

RIP for a classic Iowan, Stephen Molle of little Cooper: Soldier, farmer, family man, real citizen.

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER COOPER, Iowa, Jan. 8, 2023 – When your 97-year-old neighbor dies and you find yourself sitting in church at his funeral thinking “I want to be like Stephen Molle when I grow up,” that’s a pretty good measure of his life. Hundreds of us have been remembering and sharing our stories about…

January 19, 2023 in OFFENBLOGGER.

Here we go wassailing! Shenandoah has one of Iowa’s longest-running holiday traditions.

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER SHENANDOAH, Iowa, Dec. 11, 2022 — While driving Saturday morning to my hometown in southwest Iowa, it occurred to me that 2022 marks 50 years since I’ve actually lived here. (Another thing that occurred to me: On the route I took between Des Moines and Shenandoah, you cross the East Nishnabotna River six…

December 22, 2022 in OFFENBLOGGER.

Dick and Mike O’Brien, my first cousins, were among our big family’s very best.

By CHUCK OFFENBURGER OMAHA, Neb., Dec. 17, 2022 — One of the extended Offenburger family’s greatest successes, my first cousin Dr. Richard O’Brien, and his wife, soulmate and perfect partner for 65 years, Joan O’Brien, were both memorialized Thursday morning at St. John’s Catholic Church in the heart of the campus of Creighton University, their alma…

December 17, 2022 in OFFENBLOGGER.

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