Sitemap - 2024 - My Life, in Color

Fifty shades of anything but gray: John's 2024 fashion review

Iowa's Christmas lights and festive fun

Festive fall fashion in review

NCAA flag planting: Is it unsportsmanlike, or part of the game?

Scottish Heritage Society celebrates 50 years

Rock tragedy: Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1977 plane crash

UNI football coach Farley's final chapter

Blazing Saddles: Still irreverent, relevant after 50 years

This Iowa restaurant hides under a parking ramp

Rock Hall show dazzles in Cleveland

Foodie alert: You can eat at a Guy Fieri restaurant without leaving Iowa

From Iowa to NBA: Nick Nurse, Luka Garza make a homecoming visit

The Caitlin Clark Effect on the WNBA

White Sox: A 2024 to remember, for the wrong reasons

John's Summer fashion review

Johnnie Bolin: Rest (and Rock) in Peace

Taylor's Maid-Rite: Meat and memories in Marshalltown

I'm great at shopping for billionaires and other stories

Sharing my Democratic Convention front row seat

Mamma mia! Visit KC for an Italian feast

Iowa State Fair 2024: Some favorites

Extra! Watch "Seven Samurai" today

Iowans find Olympic spotlight in City of Light

One of Iowa's top concert venues is in a barn

Horizon: A new Western, but is it good?

Fun and Fluffernutters find a home at Omaha seafood restaurant

Iowans reach Olympics in track, wrestling and more

Four must sees (and a must eat) at Arts Festival

U.S. Olympic trials: Swimming, track, gymnastics

John's Spring fashion review: Goodbye, spring... and spring colors

Iowa history is alive and well

Five great U.S. cities I love to hate

James Patterson and The Man in the White Suit

Iowa track pioneers open doors for para athletes

Celebrate Concert Week with $25 tickets

Farewell to Randy Peterson, a legend

Three concerts, three venues in a week

Journalists under fire in new "Civil War" film

Drake Relays' Lolo Jones headed to Hall of Fame

Sports roundup: Hawkeyes, Huskers, hoops

John's Winter fashion roundup

How I left for Wisconsin and ended up in Nashville

Celebrating Iowa sports: Women's History Month

Travel dining: Memphis and Hot Springs

An Iowa prep sports perspective on Black History Month

Birthday freebies! Sign up for sweet deals

The Big Game brought big hype in Las Vegas

Revisiting the Surf: 65 years later

When it's dinner time, you better duck

Louisiana food fest: King Cake and Emeril

Glacier Trail: Iowa's most fitting street name?

Best of Show: A look back at Substack 2023

Forks ready? John's Iowa food review for 2023