Archive for March, 2017
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Yard and Garden: Dealing with Premature Flowering Spring Bulbs
By Richard Jauron Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Horticulturist Winter 2017 has been unusually mild in Iowa, with daily high temperatures in the 50s and 60s and approaching record highs. This is good news for those who dislike snow and icy conditions, but it can confuse spring-flow...
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Lifelong Learning – a Key to Living Longer
By Jamie Lange CASI Director of Marketing As we’re still struggling to hold to our New Year’s Resolutions for a healthier more active life, I challenge you to include stretching your mind this Spring. Lifelong learning and a thirst for knowledge are not new concepts, but I am increasingly am...
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PUBLISHER’S CORNER
By Eloise Graham Though I Thought it Through Though I thought it through… OUGH sounds like O and AH and EU. For those of us born here in the United States and learning English from infancy, it is easy to distinguish which sound goes with which word. We either just learned it or memorized it...
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In Like a Lion and Out Like a Lamb and Celebrating Strong but Gentle Women Every Day In Between
By Eloise Graham In like a lion, out like a lamb. Or is it the other way around? I remember learning this little “fact” of predicting March’s weather. It seems to be as good as any other way to determine the weather a month out. And, I would say this statement is accurate… at least 50 per...
