After 11 years of faithful service, I traded away my 1996 Honda Accord last week. We bought it with about 23,000 miles on the odometer and let it go just a few miles shy of 232,000.
We traded it in on a new Civic, mainly because the Honda dealership was the only place that would give me significant [...]
July 16, 2009
Honda Accord 1996-2009
July 16, 2009
Column — Trip to Honey Creek
The words “state” and “resort” don’t exactly fit together. Not like “state” and “penitentiary,” for instance.
But our state owns Honey Creek Resort on Rathbun Lake in south-central Iowa. And for a few days last week, it was our staycation destination.
The Legislature floated millions in bonds in 2005 to build the place. The long path to [...]
