137 years her family worked this land. It’s who they are. The farm is still there, but not theirs any more. She is a runner, venturing out from a parent plant whose roots, once deep and secure, have been pulled up. She helped loosen the soil that held it there to transplant it in town,… Read More
Destination: Iowa
Moving every three to seven years was a fact of my life growing up. It’s wasn’t something we got to choose—that’s just the way it was. At 18, I moved east halfway across the country to go to college. Three years later and married, we moved to the Chicago area, my husband’s stomping ground. After… Read More
Kathleen S Evenhouse 