Jerry Nelson
The first cup of steaming coffee was just beginning to boot up my brain when I caught a glimpse of a large, shaggy beast lumbering past our living room window.
Was it Bigfoot or a sasquatch or maybe even Keanu Reeves? Sadly, no. If it had been any of those, I wouldn’t be here. I would be on E! TV, showing off my cellphone video and sharing all the juicy details about my epic encounter.
The beast was, in fact, one of our Jersey steers. His presence on the sidewalk was every bit as shocking as if he had been a mythical forest creature or someone from The Matrix.
Oh boy, for all the memories!
I always find it interesting to analyze myself. Of course, that leads to many pitfalls, pratfalls and pitiful actions. However, thee are those shining times when all of those “P” words are replaced with smiles, sipping, shaking with laughter and a sense of having accomplished, at least, something.
During this time of the year, my self analyzing takes me to my memory bank of baseball. In all honesty, I never played a game of baseball I played basketball. Growing up, baseball came at the wrong time of the year planting season and that called for all hands to be on deck to help in getting those seeds into the ground as quickly as possible.
Cal Thomas
WASHINGTON If one can say the pandemic has had any positive side effect, it has been to help us focus on what the loss of liberties looks like. Such losses do not occur immediately but erode over time as people become increasingly comfortable with government claiming to know what is best for us.
The Biden administration is proceeding on a downward spiral that has ended in lost liberties in nations of the past by seizing increasing amounts of power for itself through a slew of executive orders, without the consent of the people, or Congress.
When announcing his gun control executive orders last week, President Biden referenced the Second Amendment and the right to keep and bear arms. He claimed his orders do not infringe on that right, but added, “No amendment is absolute.” That is concerning.
Many people have been wondering just who is eligible to become a member of the VFW Auxiliary. What is not known is the fact so many family members are actually
Library patron
“The Day the Music Died: The Last Tour of Buddy Holly, the ‘Big Bopper,’ and Ritchie Valens,” c 1997, is sure the book to help me remember my teenage years. Marshall-Lyon County Library has this book, plus “Rave On: the biography of Buddy Holly,” by Philip Norman, c 1996, and the DVD “The Buddy Holly Story: Music Never Felt This Good,” c 1978. Several years ago I bought the CD “Buddy Holly & The Crickets: Greatest Hits”; it was recorded in 2008 in Ireland.
My shelf of 45s includes six with Buddy Holly and the Crickets. My favorite is “Oh Boy.” “That’ll Be The Day,” recorded in 1957, was his first big hit.