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.

Biomass

Posted on March 15, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

The number astounded me. “Ninety-six percent of the world’s mammals, by weight, are now humans and their livestock; just four percent are wild.” (From the book The Uninhabitable Earth by David Wallace-Wells, citing the statistic from “The Biomass Distribution on … Continue reading →

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North Dakota bound

Posted on March 5, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

North Dakota bound Blame it on the Senator, this idea about the Little Missouri National Grasslands. Although the annual High Plains Prairie Bird Hunt is many months away, at its January get-together the Over the Hill Gang launched a spirited … Continue reading →

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Minor gods of annoyance

Posted on January 29, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

A thorn imbedded in a wool sock has rubbed a raw spot on the bunion on my right foot. The fiery scrape and stab of a thistle’s needle-tip spine is another of the small miseries I blame upon the Enochli̱tikos, … Continue reading →

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She run off with a Norski

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

She run off with a Norski Come home from fishin’ and my woman was gone. She took my fjord horse and every goat on the farm, But the worst thing is she run off with a Norski. A six-four Viking … Continue reading →

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January morning walk

Posted on January 21, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

Clear blue sky, but the thermometer read 5 degrees and a raw 10 mile-per-hour wind was blowing. We went for a January morning walk anyway. The bite of an Arctic wind on face and hands is our admission fee to … Continue reading →

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Siren Song of the Southwest

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

AN ARCTIC WIND carried the first snowstorm of January across the North Country this week, the temperature dropped to six below zero, and our long, steep driveway is a bobsled run of packed snow and ice. Last night, listening to … Continue reading →

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There’s a point (of impact) to all this

Posted on January 3, 2020 by Jerry Johnson

Certain that the old Lefever 16 gauge must be shooting low (I missed two shot at pheasants one cold December morning) I spent this overcast January afternoon doing a point-of-impact test to prove the inaccurate shooting was the fault of … Continue reading →

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Winter Solstice

Posted on December 24, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

Winter Solstice By the end of the journey the wanderer is not the same, Changed by burden and circumstance, fate and chance. All paths go astray, and we fall weary by the wayside, Unable to go on until one skin … Continue reading →

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Balancing act

Posted on December 21, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

After a recent comedy of errors performed in the course of a mid-morning pheasant hunt in the North Country (read Seven shotshells), Abbey and I were due for a karmic balancing act, an opportunity to enjoy an exciting and uplifting … Continue reading →

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Christmas gift books for Uncle Owun

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Jerry Johnson

Christmas day is speeding toward us like a truck on an icy highway in the dark of night, and in the panicked search for a gift for Uncle Owun we are a deer caught in the headlights. We all have … Continue reading →

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