The Rasdal name is “Odd” indeed

I’ve only been blogging since March 12 and already I’ve been found by family I didn’t know I had in San Diego, California. Received this e-mail the other day:
Hello Dave,
 
I bumped into your blog yesterday when searching on Rasdal to see how my web site placements were going. I think our Grandfathers were brothers. Was [...]

Six Little Words

This is the last word on writing your memoir in six words - at least from me and at least for a while.
I revisited the topic I first addressed March 24 in today’s Ramblin’ column in The Gazette.
I heard from a lot of Eastern Iowa readers but not as many as I’d hope. My only [...]

Do You Blog?

In Monday’s Ramblin’ column I introduced Gazette readers to my blog and, since I’m new to this form of communication, am curious to hear from experienced and successful Eastern Iowa bloggers.
How many years have you been blogging? Do you blog every day? Do you receive a lot of comments about what you blog or hardly any at all?
If you [...]

Blogging your life in six words

Describing your life in six words isn’t impossible, but it’s tough. Especially if, like life on Earth, you only get one shot at it.
If you read today’s Ramblin’ column in The Gazette, you see I gave it three shots: “Crawler, walker, jogger. Writer, Rambler, blogger” and “Born and raised a Ramblin’ man” and “Late, lost. [...]

Don’t Get Confused - This is Ramblin’

I may be a new kid on the block when it comes to blogging, but I began writing my Ramblin’ with Rasdal column in 1982 in The Gazette in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. It’s now simply called Ramblin’.
That’s not to say you might not enjoy checking out some other “Ramblin’ ” blogs. You can do your [...]