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Acclaim Press
(2014-11-01)
240 pages
$39.95 + Shipping
ISBN: 978-1938905636

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Sauerkraut and Innocence: Roadtripping with a Raindrop Moment #8

August 17, 2013 by Gayle Harper 18 Comments

There’s something exhilarating about BIG skies – when I can stand in one place and see it from horizon to horizon, I think I can imagine how that hawk feels soaring above these Iowa cornfields. This morning’s sky is filled with pillowy clouds rolling in great waves across a background of October blue. Stretching in every direction is an endless sea of corn stalks swaying in the breeze, golden brown now, their work completed. At distant intervals, farmsteads dot the sea like emerald islands, with house, barn, sheds, and garden surrounded by trees, their tips showing the first tinge of fall. It seems to open up my chest, letting me stand taller and breathe deeper.

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Filed Under: IA - Burlington, Mississippi Great River Road, Oktoberfest, Roadtripping With a Raindrop #8: Sauerkraut and Innocence, travel Tagged With: Burlington, Iowa, Mississippi Great River Road, Oktoberfest, Road trip, Travel

High in St. Louis: Roadtripping with a Raindrop Moment #7

August 7, 2013 by Gayle Harper 5 Comments

“Well, which one, dammit!?” I snarl at the GPS when it tells me to take the left exit and the traffic demands a quick and irrevocable decision. (Yep – on a long, solo road trip it is perfectly normal to have conversations with your GPS!) After weeks of dawdling on back roads, the downtown St. Louis rush hour traffic is hitting my nervous system like a splash of cold water in the face! Thankfully, the little machine isn’t programmed to get in a snit in the face of my bad behavior and she continues patiently directing me to my hotel.

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Filed Under: MO - St. Louis, Roadtripping With a Raindrop #7: High in St. Louis Tagged With: Mississippi Great River Road, Missouri, St. Louis

Raindrop News

July 30, 2013 by Gayle Harper 7 Comments

In case you haven’t had a chance to see this yet, Juliana Goodwin at the Springfield News-Leader did an awesome article and video about the 90-day journey of a raindrop. She captured the spirit of it perfectly!  Here’s a link Springfield News-Leader Story on Gayle Harper’s 90-day Journey Following the Mississippi River

BIG thanks to Juliana!

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Filed Under: News Tagged With: Mississippi Great River Road

The Birthday Surprise: Roadtripping With a Raindrop Moment #5

July 19, 2013 by Gayle Harper 12 Comments

It has rained incessantly since I arrived in Galena, Illinois, 48 hours ago. Just as I am leaving, I am granted a 10-minute reprieve, so I scurry like a crazed squirrel grabbing a few shots of the beautiful downtown historic district.

Galena, Illinois

Galena, Illinois

Back on the Mississippi Great River Road, after stopping at a river overlook and watching a pair of bald eagles spiral up from the misty valley below, I pull back onto the highway and surprise myself by turning north instead of south. It’s not confusion and it isn’t really a decision, it’s just my way of aimless traveling while on this 90-day journey of a raindrop – it’s just “surrendering to serendipity.”

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Filed Under: Roadtripping With a Raindrop #5: The Birthday Surprise, WI - Sinsinawa Tagged With: Domenican Sisters of Sinsinawa, Galena, Illinois, Mississippi Great River Road, Sinsinawa, Wisconsin, Wisconsin Great River Road

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