As most of you probably know, I’ve been married before. Well, okay, twice before. Lucky for me, Linda has stuck with me for 23 years now..and we both figure it will probably work out.I only bring this up because, contrary to what comedians like to joke about, I have gotten along great with all my mothers-in-law…espcially Linda’s…
I had a blog all written out earlier this week containing some personal thoughts on the upcoming execution of Elijah Page. I write these things out on the computer and was in a hurry as I was copying it over to the Keloland web site and somehow hit a wrong button and the entire column…
When I used to go on CBS promotional junkets for Keloland TV to places like New York and Los Angeles, it gave me a chance to meet representatives of other network affiliate stations from around the country. Invariably the conversation would get around to ratings. Most were delighted if their local newscasts could muster a…
It would be like Christmas without lefse (Norwegian version of a tortilla only made from potatoes) if I didn’t see at least a short fireworks display on the Fourth of July. So, tonight just before dark, I’ll try drag Linda, who doesn’t share my sentimentality about tradition, off to some public fireworks show. A few…
After longtime CBS news anchor, Walter Cronkite returned from a trip to Vietnam in 1968 and reported his observations on the air, many people began to change their minds about that war. Cronkite concluded that our military leaders were not telling us the whole story and U.S. involvement in Vietnam, in his view, could no…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…