I love coffee. I love the aroma of a fresh pot brewing in the morning. I can hardly wait for that sound our Mr.Coffee pot makes when it’s nearly done. (Sort of like the noise from several people all at once trying to suck the last delicious drop of a milkshake through a straw.) I…
As I write this, it’s April Fools’ Day. Not my favorite day of the year. Why? I don’t like being played the fool, that’s why. (Especially by furry rodents as per last week’s blog and my ongoing backyard battle) Spraying shaving cream into my hand after nodding off..then tickling my nose with a feather, is…
“Mommy, who is that guy that looks like Santa Claus and is always standing under his tree putting seeds in those green things? Honey, that’s the ‘Birdman of Walker Way’ I read about him on the internet. He’s always posting pictures of his hobby on Facebook. Oh so that’s Mr. Lalley? No, Honey, Mr. Lalley’s…
In the summer of 1965, one of my jobs at Cotton & Company grain elevator in Volga was to stuff 100 pounds of fluffy oat hulls into burlap bags..stitch them shut with a huge suspended sewing machine..stack them up five high on a wooden cart and wheel them into the warehouse. Next to scooping out moldy…
As I fired up the snowblower this morning to tackle the crusty mound of street snow piled high at the end of our driveway, I thought of Linda who flew off to sunny warm Arizona a week ago and felt a twinge of jealousy. All four of her sisters have gathered in Phoenix for a…
A former U.S. Presidential candidate from Sioux Falls has died. Robert L. Johnson passed away January 2nd after a lengthy illness. He was 93. Wait..you don’t remember any Bob Johnson who made a bid for the White House? How about Johnson’s alter ego, Uncle Torvald? Johnson portrayed the exaggerated Norwegian buffoon character for some twenty…