Fall in the Kalona Iowa area (notice the dragon fly in the clouds)  Fields are turning golden, nights are cool, mornings bri...

Amish girls at a Horse Show (this was not in Iowa) It turns out that you will occasionally find Amish at a Horse Show.  The reality i...

 I asked this gal how she got the job of policing the State Fair on horseback. She said a rodeo friend got her the job.  This is a,...

 Here is a short excerpt from Under the Heavens, a novel about daily life on an Amish farm.             For some reason, the sky put...

During my recent visit to Des Moines Iowa and the State Fair, I got an eye-full of beautiful Percheron horses. This year our state...

 Last week I had a chance to go to the Iowa State Fair.  I had a perfect day enjoying the National Percheron Show, that happened to be hel...