So I woke up My dog is laying on the back patio covered in dirt with a rabbit in his mouth. The rabbit’s not bloody, just dirty. My neighbor’s kids raise blue ribbon rabbits. I instantly knew it was one of theirs. So I took the rabbit away from my dog, rushed inside, and washed […]
In most of the United States there is a policy of checking on any stalled vehicle on the highway when temperatures drop to single digits or below. About 3 AM one very cold morning, Montana State Trooper Allan Nixon #658 responded to a call there was a car off the shoulder of the road outside […]
Written by a 26 year old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who’s in grad school for her MBA. AOC AND THE BLIND GENERATION My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us! I’m sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll […]
Originally published May 2, 2011. I am posting this again in remembrance of this day in World history. I am about to write a piece that simply needs to be written. I know where it starts. The ending unclear as of yet. However, I know wherever it goes I must write it. Please be advised […]
As a singer I sing at many funerals and I was recently asked by a funeral director to sing at a graveside service for a homeless man. He had no family or friends, so the service was to be at a pauper’s cemetery out in the country. As I was not familiar with the area, […]
1. Never shake a man’s hand sitting down. 2. Don’t enter a pool by the stairs. 3. The man at the BBQ Grill is the closest thing to a king. 4. In a negotiation, never make the first offer. 5. Request the late check-out. 6. When entrusted with a secret, keep it. 7. Hold your […]
While I was pumping fuel into the truck this evening I did my customary walk around kicking tires and checking lights. It’s a rare occasion when I actually find something wrong. As luck would have it, I found that I had myself an extremely low tire. Actually, it wasn’t flat, it was leaking air. Rather […]
Moved to Wisconsin this fall. We heard that summers are fun and winter is beautiful. We think there is no more beautiful a place in the whole world! December 8 – 6:00 PM It started to snow. The first snow of the season and the wife and I took our cocktails and sat for hours […]
Since the first time I saw the Elf on the Shelf images shared on social media I’ve laughed at each of them. Here are a few that I grabbed from my Facebook news feed during the Christmas 2018 season. I post them here for your enjoyment and entertainment.
Ole always seems to forget just how cold 10° below zero really is here in Minnesota. Thankfully, Lena remembers and is always ready to spring into action because certainly Ole never learns. — Image borrowed from my Facebook news feed
