Brent and Betty Pearson of Anamosa always made you smile whenever you ran into them because you knew they belonged together. That’s because they always dressed alike.
Yep, whether that be dressy clothes, casual or grubby, it was a ritual the couple began in the 1970s, a practice I learned about when I met them in 1994. Every morning one or the [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Anamosa’
May 21, 2009
Remembering Loving Couple Who Dressed Alike Every Single Day
May 15, 2009
Scene Art?
The rolling hills of Jones and Jackson counties will be the scene of art, everything from paintings to sculptures to pottery, this weekend. Mostly it’s along the Grant Wood Scenic Byway, so named because Grant Wood grew up here and attended a little white schoolhouse that has been restored along the byway.
Artists will be available [...]
November 24, 2008
Where In Iowa Is Jeff?
In today’s Gazette I promise to post my first column about Jeff Hoskinson of Anamosa making a video of him dancing badly around Iowa. It ran Oct. 3, 2007, in The Gazette. But first, some links to his videos if you haven’t visited them through www.Gazetteonline.com
“Where in Iowa is Jeff? … The Sequel”
Promotional trailer for “Where [...]
April 22, 2008
Bertha Peck was a Most Interesting Woman
It had been years since I last talked to Bertha Peck, but I was still saddened by her death Saturday at age 80. I always remembered stopping to chat with her a dozen years ago, in 1996, as I drove by her very modest northwest Anamosa home where she was doing early spring yard work. Our conversation resulted [...]
