Author Archives: Jerry Johnson

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About Jerry Johnson

Retired journalist and college public relations director. Former teacher, coach, mentor. Novelist and short story writer.

Trailcam scouting

Posted on August 21, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

The last week of August is too early. The corn and soybean fields of neighboring farms are not yet a wildlife cornucopia, lush with filled-out ears and pods packed with beans. No hard frost has yet arrived to kill the … Continue reading →

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Stone deaf

Posted on August 17, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

Most of all I miss the birds singing in the early morning. Many other sounds are lost to me since my hearing faded and was gradually lost over the past 15 or 20 years: almost all music, the evening cries … Continue reading →

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Hitting 300

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

Death steals everything except our stories.   — Jim Harrison, poet, novelist, screenplay, and short story writer, from his collection of poems titled In Search of Small Gods. Hitting 300 The number took me by surprise: three hundred. That is … Continue reading →

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Catch-pen battleground

Posted on August 8, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

A bucolic scene: a dozen Suffolk lambs grazing the hillside beside their mother ewes, their gentle bleats and baas a sort of pastoral music, their leaps and head-butts so much exuberant frolicking on a rustic playground, their sleepy huddles in … Continue reading →

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Best birthday present ever

Posted on July 30, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

Autumn of 1987. A stressful time of my life. Work issues. We have all been there. I was in desperate need of something to lift my spirits. Lunch hour, as I was walking to the weight training room on campus … Continue reading →

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Heat index

Posted on July 27, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

Before nine o’clock in the morning the temperature had risen to 82 degrees, dew point was 77 degrees, and humidity was 97 percent This day in the last week of July was heating up to surpass a 103-degree heat index. … Continue reading →

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Sturdy sheep

Posted on July 24, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

NEARLY 50 YEARS have passed since I last tended sheep. A lot has changed over those 50 years. Almost everything, in fact: technology, scientific research, medicine, education, industrial production, communication, transportation, international trade, sports, music, entertainment… Sheep, not so much. … Continue reading →

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Major League Baseball takes a hit

Posted on July 7, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

Major League Baseball ain’t what it used to be. The style of play of the game that “used to be” – its philosophy, practice, execution, strategy, tactics, daring, anticipated action, and excitement – have been replaced by a mundane game … Continue reading →

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Barb ‘n’ me

Posted on June 13, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

Barb and me. Me and barb. Barb Wire. It is not a good relationship. I hate barbed wire, and all available evidence would indicate that it hates me. Over the course of 35 years I have probably strung two miles … Continue reading →

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Culvert cleaning

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

In the event of thunderstorms and torrential rains, check that the culvert is open and the gush of runoff water is flowing unobstructed through the pipe! And because of the changing climate, we are now frequently beset by thunderstorms and … Continue reading →

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