Since moving into the city, I don’t really see the fields as much anymore (not that this category will go anywhere). But SINCE WE STILL OWN THE OTHER HOUSE, I need to make irregular trips back to check on packages and dust content. And we still live in Iowa – and by any outsider’s guess, that means we all live on farms. Be that as it may, I have a strong response to seeing yet another plot get listed by developers, another with a request for zoning changes (OMG how many more commercial strip plazas do we need in Waukee??), and my heart breaks for the change of scenery on my bike rides.

And I’m not even from here.

Suffice to say, corn season is affirmatively over. Morning temperatures are already in the 30s. THE 30s. Don’t get me wrong, I am a fan of fall and winter but oh my lord did the seasons change abruptly.

hot corn salsa

I went to Mean Girls at Des Moines Performing Arts Center this weekend and there is a bit where someone is dressed as a sexy corn (you know the Halloween party scene), and admittedly (disappointingly? lol), I want that costume. 😂

OK, OK. So I volunteer at races quite a bit and I honestly think it would get quite a laugh from runners. 🌽

Speaking of costumed races, sign up for next weekend’s To Grandmother’s House We Go trail race!

midwest shenanigans

Did you hear that The Flag of Des Moines has officially been re-adopted? I’ve been a huge fan of this movement (and a new owner of their new cool branded hat). Fly your flag, Des Moinesians!