Orlan Love

Having long ago exceeded the “three score and ten” referred to by Moses in Psalm 90 as the average human life span, I have this summer attended several of my contemporaries’ funerals at which their inspiring lives were memorialized. Many people (myself In... See more

I had some misgivings about exposing myself to 115-degree heat index readings last Sunday during a float fishing trip on the Maquoketa River. You know — marinating myself in sweat, carrying enough fluids to replace that sweat, floating shadeless down a bl... See more

I was born about 40 years too soon. That’s how long it took me to figure out through trial and error something that artificial intelligence could have told me in less than a second’s thinking and searching. I refer of course to the secret of catching smal... See more

For most of my 77 years, I have attended the Memorial Day ceremonies at our cemetery and listened proudly as the names of the more than 200 veterans buried here were spoken by a representative of our American Legion post. As a kid I was amazed that our ce... See more

For the first time in my 35 years as a newspaper writer and editor I am going to endorse a candidate for public office. Running for secretary of the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship are two candidates who present a clear choice: The inc... See more