Okay, Wild Bill, I’ll get out of DeadwoodThe vote was unanimous; on our annual excursion to the Black Hills this autumn, Linda and me along with our traveling companions, Denny and Joanie Graves, were going to get off the beaten path and go places and do things we hadn’t done in years or never at…
Well, Linda and I have been off an another of our cost-saving “stay-cations.” We and our traveling partners, Denny and Joanie Graves are on our annual pilgrimage to the Black Hills..allegedly to drink in the beauty of the season..and it IS beautiful..but in reality it’s to drink up the local wine and to give…
Ever since I watched Hal Holbrook’s incredible portrayal of Mark Twain on a CBS television special in 1967, the idea of seeing his performance in person has been on my bucket list; you know, things you want to do before you kick the bucket. Well, I can now scratch that one from the list thanks…
My dad was one of the million or so guys who suffered a broken arm trying to crank start a Model T Ford. Long before cars had electric starters, the only way to fire up the four cylinder engine was to turn it over manually using the crank provided in front. Trouble was if the…
I’ve been a fan of Garrison Keillor’s “A Prairie Home Companion” since 1982. I used to plan my Saturday’s around the two hour public radio show, especially the weekly monologues in which he rambles on for 20-30 minutes about life in the fictitious small town of his youth, Lake Wobegon, Minnesota. It wasn’t until Keillor…
Funny the interesting things one can discover when one leaves the house to do something besides play golf. Such was the case on our recent weekend in Lincoln, Nebraska. Our daughter, Suzan had taken Friday afternoon off so that we could pick-up granddaughter Zoey from her new school, Cavett Elementary, and perhaps arrive early enough…
As November 4th inches ever closer It dawned on me that we’re about to have the twelfth new president in my lifetime. I decided to share some thoughts and memories with you about the first eleven. Harry S. Truman (The “S” didn’t stand for anything) I was born several months after Truman inherited the presidency…
I put on my Minnesota Vikings sweatshirt last night, popped a can of diet cream soda and settled-in on the couch in front of the TV to watch the Vikes finally put a can of wop-ass on the Green Bay Packers. Instead it was another case of Childress confusion as the head coach spent the…
It was not a fight, really, Linda and I don’t have many of those, thank God. But when one of us does something wrong..okay ME..things tend to get real quiet in our house. Such was the case Friday morning as we approached the scheduled departure time for our weekend in Lincoln. I had promised, the…
Bill Connor died this week and I was shocked at the news. I just knew that even though the leukemia he fought off before had returned, he would lick it again. I first met Bill Connor 8 or 9 years ago. He called me at Kelo wondering if I’d be interested in featuring his new…