Color the Wind

Color the Wind to Return in 2022

Color the Wind to Return in 2022

  BY: RACHEL WUMKES It’s been a winter event favorite throughout the years.  The contrast of vibrant colors against a blue sky as kites soar above the frozen lake.  The beauty and grandeur of these incredible flying apparatus’s can take your breath away, and watching their handlers is quite mesmerizing.  Gorgeous...

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Hello, February!

Hello, February!

BY: RACHEL WUMKES Well, we’ve made it to month #2 for the year.  After January seemed to drag on for an endless eternity, I’m thankful we’ve finally made it to the month of love. **high fives all around** I got to thinking about the actual month of February this morning, and what a funny little bugger it is.  I mean, all...

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Let’s Go Fly a Kite!

Let’s Go Fly a Kite!

BY: RACHEL SMITH On February 15, 2020,  something remarkable will take place in Clear Lake.  Something unique.  And if this will be your first time in attendance, it’s like nothing you’ve ever seen before. Hundreds of people will flock to the frozen oasis, carefully trudging over ice and through the snow, to see the most...

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Sliding on through February

Sliding on through February

BY: RACHEL SMITH As the fog has begun to lift on my 5-day bout with the dreaded Influenza, I finally sat down at my desk this morning with my planner to get organized and put back together.  That flu, you guys, I swear it’s made from the blood and sweat of Lucifer himself.  It’s miserable and awful and definitely...

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Let’s Go Fly a Kite!

Let’s Go Fly a Kite!

photocredit: discovernorthiowa.com BY: RACHEL SMITH I think every child has the same crafty idea at some point; cut a diamond shape out of construction paper, glue a piece a string to one end and take it outside on a windy day. As a kid, this seemed like the best idea ever. Now, I don’t know about you… but these ‘kites’...

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