Boys up front..Girls in back

On the road again, like a band of gypsies we go down the highway.We’re the best of friends, insisting that the world keeps turning our way.Willie Nelson Big motel disappointment while on family vacation in the fifties….no indoor toilet.   Big motel disappointment while on family vacation in the sixties…no TV.   Big motel disappointment…

Miracle on Center Avenue

Do you believe in miracles?   Well, I’m here to tell you that Linda and I witnessed one first hand last night and we’re still reeling from the experience.   We don’t see our good friends, Dave and Marjean Dedrick as often as we should. It’s always a fun time when we get together, especially…

Dad

He wasn’t daddy or papa or pop or father..just Dad.   Harry Lund would have been 101 this year and it’s 30 years since he died but I still think of him every day and see his face every morning in the mirror.   Like most boys of his era, Dad left school after the…

The Wizard of Ahhs

Mention the word "wizard" today and kids automatically think of Harry Potter and his magic wand-toting pals at Hogwarts.But in my generation there was only one Mr.Wizard and he made Saturday morning television magical in millions of homes across America in the 50’s and 60’s.Don Herbert was born in Waconia, Minnesota but went to college in LaCrosse, Wisconsin…

The Cycle of Life

Hindsight really is 20-20…or maybe 20-60. But the fact is, I see things about my growing up years a whole lot clearer now than when I lived them.   As a kid, I remember thinking how my parents, dad especially, seemed to favor my two brothers over me. I was the middle son..not the first-born…

D-Day and Uncle Ray

At the age of 35, my uncle, Private  1st Class Raymond Lund, would have been considered the old man of his outfit, Company C. of the 357th infantry. Most of the soldiers who climbed over the side of their ship and down the rope ladder to waiting landing craft below on D-Day, were 10 to…

Notes from a Jailbird

I can see the headline now..   “Former Keloland News anchor, Doug Lund, jailed for watering violation.”   “I couldn’t figure out how to program the dumb automatic sprinkler controls,” Lund was quoted as saying as he was being lead off across his beautiful green lawn in handcuffs early Saturday morning. “He’ll have plenty of…