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About Jerry Johnson

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

Hold onto your hat and reach for your wallet

Posted on September 20, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

The paleoclimate record shouts to us that, far from being self-stabilizing, the Earth’s climate system is an ornery beast which overreacts even to small nudges.    ― Wallace Smith Broecker (b. 1931), Newberry Professor, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, … Continue reading →

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Greek Oracle

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

Greek Oracle The Greeks, did they see it in the stars? Feel it in the tremblers within the earth? Read it in dark omens of the gods? These Hellenes, after conquering and ruling all the world that mattered for a … Continue reading →

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IVORY AND GOLD

Posted on September 5, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

IVORY AND GOLD A Safari into the Sandhills and across the Athi Plain by Jerry Johnson An African adventure like no other. At the start of the 20th century the British East Africa Protectorate is a beautiful but savage country. … Continue reading →

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Science and magic

Posted on August 28, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

Watching the columns of vapor rise, standing at the crest of our hilltop pasture at sunrise, the world is magical and I want to believe in this magic. I want to be part of it, to blend with, not understand … Continue reading →

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Bird hunting in the classic style

Posted on August 24, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

More than seventy-five years ago William Harnden Foster, the laureate of ruffed grouse hunting and a principal in the development of grouse dog field trials in New England, observed that trials for quail dogs had become “races,” so specialized in … Continue reading →

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Hunting camp faux pas

Posted on August 12, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

Friendship is a curious thing. Handle it like crystal and it will become cloudy, turn brittle and soon shatter. Kick it around like a football and it will get scuffed, battered and worn but will still be ready for game … Continue reading →

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Fitness, fatigue, and fools

Posted on August 9, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

Fatigue makes fools of us all! – Conrad Steele, Ohio State University lacrosse coach, 1967-73 Fitness, fatigue, and fools Lacrosse provided several opportunities for me to play the fool, none more memorable than a full-length, all-out face plant in a … Continue reading →

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Beer’s magical powers

Posted on July 25, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

BEER! Helping ugly people have sex for more than 5,000 years                            — slogan seen on a T-shirt Yes, there are better things in life than beer, but beer … Continue reading →

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July practice

Posted on July 24, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

Two days ago, after a week of rainstorms and high winds, a 10-point buck and an 8-point buck, both with antlers still in velvet, were eating blown-down apples under our apple tree. In the middle of the afternoon. Fifty feet … Continue reading →

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Last call

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true; it’s called ‘Life.’ – from the novel The Last Continent by Terry Pratchett (1948-2015), English author of fantasy novels Last call It is … Continue reading →

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