After 70 Years, Beloved Columnist Evelyn Birkby Says Goodbye To Her Readers
Talk of Iowa
English - November 15, 2019 19:51 - 48 minutes - 2.84 KB - ★★★★★ - 82 ratingsBooks Arts Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1949 when Evelyn Birkby began writing a weekly column for the Shenandoah Evening Sentinel, her publisher told her to include a recipe every week. She did, even though she couldn’t cook. The newspaper column “Up a Country Lane” has had a 70-year run. Birkby, now 100, has decided it is time for her to say goodbye to her readers.