Miss me? Read my re-runs

I may not be writing a weekly column for the Mapleton PRESS anymore, but I have tried to clean-up and organize six years of columns and made them easier to find on my main blog. Why not peruse through the humor, history and humus. It's full of "Sex, Politics, and Religion- not necessarily in that order." Or at least, liberal politics, the my misadventures parenting three little girls, and the joys of living in small town Iowa and good old fashioned Midwestern, down to earth common sense Lutheranism.

At least take a look at a couple of columns and give it a chance.

BEST OF TED

• Arizona Statehood Day (Feb 14)
• Book Reports
• Christmas interviews with Santa
• Economic Crisis
• Embarassed by Steve King
• Fourth of July
• History Buffs, read this
• I ♥ Iowa
• Kids say the darnedest things
• Meaningful Quotations
• Support our Vets
• Talking about Religion
• Ted's Kitchen
• Thanksgiving Treats
• The snow blower lesson
• The time I locked my keys in the car
• The war in Iraq
• Yes, I coach Cheerleading

Slow down and look around

That's 400 miles from Zap, North Dakota, 400 miles from Peek, Oklahoma, 400 miles from gay, Michigan, and 400 miles from Tab, Indiana- in case you're having a hard time reading it. I happen to know that it is also 1,517 miles from Surprise, Arizona. Surprise! (My brother and sister-in-law live there and that joke never gets old).

These are just three, out of more than fifty pictures that I took of Ricketts one misty day in May 2007. To see them all, just visit http://tmal.multiply.com/photos/album/51

As you can see, it's a lovely piece of Heaven ( uh, I mean Iowa- for all you "Field of Dreams" fans).

Now that we've got this website up and running, its time for you to contribute. If you grew up in Ricketts and have some memories or stories that you'd like to share, or if you have any pictures, or campy, kitschy, or corny ideas for the "Not the same Ricketts" file- please let me know.

I've been having so much fun with them, I made a whole column out of it. http://tedscolumn.blogspot.com/2007/05/postcard-from-middle-of-nowhere.html
If you're from Ricketts, please know that I wrote it with my tongue firmly in my cheek. It was meant to tickle and draw attention to your hometown, not to deride it. But, again- I think it's plenty time for you to start contributing to the Ricketts Kids' Reunion website. I'm looking forward to seeing what you send me.

Thanks,
Ted Mallory