"Give a Piece a Chance." — Books. Blog. Pie Classes. And a Pinch of Activism.
Here’s the result of Mike Borland’s Friday visit to the American Gothic House. I have to admit, it’s great publicity for the launch of my PITCHFORK PIE STAND. Thanks to everyone who partcipated. And thanks, too, for believing in the healing powers of pie. The video below is what aired on the 5:00 news (2 … Read more
Mike Borland and his camera, American Gothic-style Today photojournalist/reporter Mike Boland from WHO-TV (NBC, Channel 13) in Des Moines came to the American Gothic House to do a story. He had seen Kyle Munson’s front page story on me in the Des Moines Register on Monday and essentially wanted to do a televised version of the piece. The thing … Read more
Pie patrons can enjoy their pie & coffee at picnic tables I’m committed now. All it took was a front page article in Iowa’s biggest newspaper, the Des Moines Register, to seal the deal. On Monday, October 11, the reporter, Kyle Munson, declared to the world that I would be selling pie at my … Read more
Des Moines Register photo by John Gaps III On Thursday, Des Moines Register reporter Kyle Munson came down to Eldon and spent the day with me, the mayor Shirley Stacey, the American Gothic House Center administrator Molly Moser, and met other members of the community. Read his blog and see more pics HERE. And be sure to … Read more
Yesterday I went canoeing on the Des Moines River. I haven’t been canoeing in at least a dozen years. But when my new friend Cari Garrett (not to be confused with Carrie the City Clerk/Xena Princess Warrior) told me she had a canoe and was planning an outing this week I begged her take me … Read more
I was sitting outside on my back patio this morning, drinking coffee in my pajamas when a group of women came around the corner. They were wearing name tags so I knew they were the visitors Molly (the American Gothic House Visitor Center administrator) had told me about when I saw her earlier while out … Read more
Making pie always makes me feel better. Which is why I’m making a pie tonight. Apple. I’m making the pie because my neighbor yelled at me, more like shrieked actually, because my two little terriers had walked on her lawn. She came rushing out at me through her front door in a wild panic. “Get … Read more
No one told me when I rented the American Gothic House that I was going to get corralled into doing things out of my normal scope of life. But then moving from Portland, Oregon to Eldon, Iowa (pop. 967) and into a house listed on the National Register of Historic Places was already way out of my … Read more
This is how my day in Eldon, Iowa started today. Molly Moser — who is not only the new museum curator/American Gothic House Center administrator but also a fabulously talented artist with a sense of humor as dry as vermouth — called me my from the parking lot in front of my house on my Los Angeles cell phone … Read more
This is Chloe, age nine, with me in front of my new house, the American Gothic House. Chloe is my new pal, and also a kindred spirit. She is tough and feminine. She climbs trees and wants to be a fashion model. She catches frogs and has Justin Bieber posters hanging next to her all-pink … Read more