If you’re allergic to corn, or are diabetic, stop reading now!It’s about to get awfully corny and sugary sweet around here. As I close in on my 62nd Christmas, I got to thinking about which ones have been the most memorable. The first Christmas I have any recollection of at all was in 1949 when…
Call it Karma, fate, coincidence or irony but no sooner do I write about the patience and perseverance of our pioneer ancestors during the long winter of 1880-81 than my own winter survival ability is put to the test. The story actually began a couple weeks ago when I received a letter from Midcontinent Communications which…
Sorry.It’s been a while since my last entry and I have no excuses other than..well, let’s see, I’ll blame the weather. Nothing dulls my senses or freezes-up the creative juices more than a few days of skin-cracking cold with snow and a 35 mile an hour north wind thrown in for good measure.We’ve been living like…
Whenever I’m out and about (which isn’t that often these days) invariably, someone will ask if I ever see Captain 11 (A.K.A., Dave Dedrick) anymore. Well, the answer, I’m ashamed to admit, is “no.” Linda and I drove by their house a few times this past summer hoping to spot Dave and Marjean sitting out…
Oh no! Barack Obama still sneaks a cigarette from time to time. Am I one of the few people who had no idea that the President Elect has smoked cigarettes most of his adult life and that recent attempts to quit have, by his own admission, not been entirely successful? I’ll bet if my golfing…
Even though I don’t have to punch a clock anymore (figuratively speaking, of course,) I’m still not a big fan of Mondays. Especially Mondays like this one; cold, grey and cloudy with snow in the forecast. What really got me in a grumpy mood, though, was not so much the weather but discovering that the…
I was getting worried.Just three weeks before Christmas and I still wasn’t in the Christmas Spirit. Back when I was a kid, all it took was a slight stimulation of any of the 5 senses; “hearing” Gene Autry singing about Rudolph the red nosed reindeer during Ray Loftesness’ Holiday Inn program on KSOO Radio. “Seeing”…
I’m just now starting to thaw out from spending the better part of an hour blowing the 1.5 inches of snow from my walk and driveway..along with some of my neighbor’s sidewalks. It’s times like this when I’m reminded of my Norwegian heritage; not because of my stout hardiness in cold weather but for being too…
“I know you but you don’t know me.” I still hear that a lot when people bump into me at a restaurant, bar, some social function or when we’re traveling. After 33 years of exposure on Keloland TV, folks have always figured they know me well enough to come over and say Hi..and I love it. The…
It was six a.m. when Linda and I staggered groggily into the kitchen to get things going for the Thanksgiving meal which we and 25 others would be sitting down to in 6 and a half hours. First things first; get a strong pot of coffee started while the oven is heating up to 350.…