This Is The Place: Glimpses of Warren County, Iowa

Iowa's Warren County experienced the same history as others in the Midwest, making the people in countless communities the only difference between this homeplace and another. These glimpses burrow deep finding lives and living lost to time but worthy of remembering. While noteworthy then, they should be judged extraordinary today. Unearthed and brought into light of today, they include influencers and nay-sayers, believers and non-believers, schemers and saints. None were perfect, yet all made a difference. Finding them, uncovering perspective, attitude, and circumstances, their relevance today enhances the treasures of their discovery. The kinship between then and now, the very presence of history pulling and binding the present into the past, constitutes an awareness that couldn't be ignored. Acknowledged with a subtle sashay of opinion, running alongside is an equally subtle realization today's most fervent hullaballoos can be reconciled. We have done this before.

With Bolded Words ending one title also beginning the next, these glimpses form an unbroken line. Leaping and dancing through times and topics, they touch on early settler times, when surroundings were wild, wooly, and raw, and move among great innovations and steady advancements. Ever present is opinion and controversy, nothing was easy. The old adage of history repeating itself no longer rendering a hopeless chilling landscape but lending comfort to weathering today's difficulties. Originally published as a monthly column for the Indianola Independent-Advocate, gathering them together does more than intended. They now form a more perfect Unbroken Line of Pondering.

Author: Elodie Opstad
Publisher: Elodie Opstad
Published: 10/21/2024
Pages: 136
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.38lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d
ISBN: 9798218480288

About the Author
Opstad, Elodie: - Elodie lives in Indianola, county seat for Warren County, Iowa, with Sandy and their cat Ricky. After retiring from a career in healthcare, she took a writing class and needed a project. Writing a work of historical fiction, it remains unpublished. However, there's hope and wherewithal this publication will provide the wherewithal to push forward and share an unbelievably great story. Enjoying family, friends, community, gardening, and reading a variety of genres, Elodie and Sandy enjoy traveling to less frequented places. Serving on a variety of committees and community projects, Elodie is well into her second decade as a Medicare volunteer counselor for the Iowa-SHIIP/SMP program.