On Thursday, October 7, the Sondheim Theater brings a celebration of sizzling jazz to Fairfield.…
After I rinsed off, dimmed the lights, and gently lifted the hatch to the flotation…
I was never destined to be the world’s greatest chef. I’ve got friends and family…
Fairfield Arts & Convention Center announces their new Summer Sun Series—a season of free outdoor…
For years, I’ve had this Oprah-esque fantasy of assembling a lavish gift basket filled with…
It’s always with a tinge of sadness that I enter the old brick building east…
The Fairfield Art Association announces a second attempt of its 12th annual outdoor summer art…
Growing up in Southeast Iowa, all I knew about Mount Vernon was that it was…
This upside-down year, for many, was a call to step back and take stock. As…
You hear it—and read it—more and more these days: A healthy immune system begins in…
I’ve spent my adulthood escaping romantic entanglements. That’s how I always feel: tangled up, like…
Just as the earliest pizza pies were considered “peasant food,” invented to fill hungry Italian…
The solitude and romance of early-pandemic trail walking, garden piddling, and tree hugging was getting…
Each spring, about a week after I finish planting my flowerbeds and boxes, and everyone…
My mother’s favorite flowerbed at her east gate, the cornerstone of her garden really, is…