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September 18, 2004

Iowa, East of Des Moines

I am sitting in the Egg heading to Chicago after a night in Des Moines at java joe's. I remember so clearly the floods that wiped out downtown Des Moines in 1993, the rivers up over their banks, up over the roadways. Everything heals. The downtown architechture is riven with 19th century decorative stone structures which, thankfully, survived 1970's urban renewal and we spent most of the afternoon walking the town, looking upward.
Off to Chiacgo and tonight's show at Uncommon Ground. See you soon....
xo
BA

Posted by bethamsel at September 18, 2004 8:26 AM