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A New York City trip helps her identify a theme for her 75th year: “Spunk and sass!”

By MARY RICHE DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 19, 2023 — I love celebrating my birthday. And I like the pivot point of a birth date, giving me reason to reflect on the past year while dreaming about the year ahead.   On my birthday in late 2021, there was absolutely nothing, not even a distant glimmer,…

February 3, 2023 in MARY RICHE.

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.

A photo feature from Mary Riche using her new iPhone camera: “5 Drips & a Red Bloom”

PHOTOS BY MARY RICHE DES MOINES, Iowa, Jan. 21, 2023 — There was a beautiful snow Wednesday evening into Thursday morning.  We got four inches on our patio in Des Moines, eight inches around our apartment in Jefferson and nearly a foot in areas on to the northwest. That made Mary Riche decide to spend…

January 18, 2023 in Feature Photo.

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