Hey hey from the QCA!
The Quad Cities Area, which straddles* the Mississippi River
*word choice? see teacher
Out Here in the Fields is written by Alison McGaughey (me!), a GenXer and Crazy Childless Cat Lady in Davenport, Iowa.
Join me for:
the realities of aging (while … not fully adult?)
80s & 90s nostalgia (or related horrors, like AC Slater advertising for AARP)
music from then and now, and Singer-Songwriter obsessions
dispatches from Midwestern, Mississippi River-city culture
still trying to figure out life despite being “past my prime.”
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ON WHY THEY SUBSCRIBE!
"Hi Alison. I've met you [in real life]. Also, I enjoy humorous writing, and you are very funny!” —Alta P.
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"Because you are our daughter & a great entertaining writer."— my parents. (But still!)
