I’m not sure if it was guilt over my anti-wind generator rant here earlier this week…or just a natural curiosity..but I rode my motorcycle over to Falls Park on Wednesday to check out the arrival of sun-powered cars taking part in the North American Solar Challenge race from Texas to Calgary. (they spell race r-a-y-c-e..like…
Brrrrrrrrring! “Good afternoon, Keloland news.” “Uh, hi. This is Doug Lund, could I speak to the general manager please?” “Doug who?” “Lund..I used to work there.” “Okay, Mr. Lind, I’ll connect you.” “No, it’s Lun….” “Hello, this is Jay.” “Jay..it’s Doug.” “Doug……ahhhh?“Lund!” “Oh, yes, Doug. What’s up?” “We’ll I’ve watching the marathon coverage on…
I watched the movie “Giant” the other night. Hadn’t seen it since I was a kid when I thought it was just about the greatest movie ever. It starred Rock Hudson as Bick Benedict, an early 20th century Texas cattle baron who believed that cows were a better more respectable way to earn…
The grass is always greener….in somebody else’s yard. As I write this, a young lady from the South Dakota Extension Service is circling our house taking pictures of my sad looking lawn.During the spring, Green 4 Ever sent soil samples to SDSU for analysis to try figure out why..with an irrigation system to take care…
Did you ever think when the hearse rolls byThat you might be the next one to die?They wrap you up in a clean white sheetAnd bury you down about six feet deep. The worms crawl in the worms crawl outThe worms play pinochle on your snout. They eat your clothes they eat your hatThey crawl…
Doug, what I try to do is begin each story with a sentence or two that will get people’s attention; arouse their curiosity so they’ll want to read on. I like to end a story the same way, perhaps with a turned phrase or touch of irony that will leave the reader with a smile…
Okay..after another 14 percent drop in the stock market last week I’m really thinking about pulling out what little money Linda and I have left in our shrinking retirement fund and putting it into something that might keep us from having to move in with our kids. (I’m not sure if they’d take both of…
I got used to seeing a lot of dead bodies at a very early age. My aunt, Leila, was married to longtime Volga mortician and Brookings County coroner, Conrad Lee. He was in charge of picking up the person who had died, making arrangements with the families and embalming the bodies. She handled the job…
Sorry it’s been so long since my last scribbling here but Linda and I have been on vacationwith our friends the Graves. I know what you’re thinking..you’re retired..your whole “life” is a vacation. That may be true but we sure enjoy our getaways each June with Denny and Joan. We made good on our threat to invade…
I’ll be getting my new ATM card in the mail within a few days. I drove up to make a withdrawal from a machine this past week and discovered that it was no longer in amongst my other cards and cash that I always carry in my front pocket. At first a little panic came…