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Happy October, friends! A few weeks ago, I was sitting on my front porch and noticed oodles of monarchs visiting the flowers just outside my window. I had surgery at the start of September and am in r...

A few weeks ago, I was sitting on my front porch and noticed oodles of monarchs visiting the flowers just outside my window. Some moths, bees, flies and other types of butterflies including painted la...

Backroads Blog Angela Tague shares her love of exploring Midwest country roads through reflections, both in words and photographs. Welcome to the Backroads Blog.

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Last week, we had several foggy summer mornings. In Iowa, they say when the corn sweat (aka crop transpiration) meets the cooler morning air, it creates the low-hanging fog that eventually burns off a...

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Each day I focus on a natural, simple approach to nutrition and health. So when my rheumatologist suggested I start some heavy-hitting medicines to ease my rheumatoid arthritis, I was resistant. Low-d...

Angela Tague is an Iowa-based artist working in images and words. She is a full-time content marketing writer for brands and a photographer creating content for newspapers and magazines. She also sell...

If there’s one content marketing trend I’ve noticed roll out across many topics and niches this year, it’s the use of FAQ sections in marketing-focused…

I was born and raised on the east side of Iowa, and nobody believes me when I say there are cliffs above the Mississippi River. Well, welcome to hilly Dubuque, Iowa. In May, I visited the Mines of Spa...

Hello, friend! Welcome to the Backroads blog. For the last year, I've been feeling the itch to get back into photography on a professional level. For my entire adult life, I've floated between writing...

In June 2026, James, Archie and I road-tripped to Broken Kettle Grasslands near Westfield, Iowa. The prairie preserve, nestled between neighboring corn and soybean fields, is the largest tallgrass pra...

Not all adventures go as imagined. I pictured a spooky, fall-inspired image of the August 2026 lunar eclipse rising over grave markers OR a spiritual take on the event, with the moon hugging an illumi...

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This happy American red squirrel was photographed in my evergreen tree in May 2026. Sioux City, Iowa.

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On a warm July 2026 evening, James, Archie and I road-tripped to the Broken Kettle Grasslands near Westfield, Iowa, to see how the Loess Hills looked shrouded in smoke from the Canadian wildfires. The...

On a warm July 2026 evening, James, Archie and I road-tripped to the Broken Kettle Grasslands near Westfield, Iowa, to see how the Loess Hills looked shrouded in smoke from the Canadian wildfires.

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