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.

Hush

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

  There is a way that nature speaks, that land speaks. Most of the time we are simply not patient enough, quiet enough, to pay attention to the story.           – Linda K. Hogan (b. 1947), … Continue reading →

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Disappointing rejection

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

This Valorcat on the other hand is the best idea yet! I can see one or two minor problems, however. Disappointing rejection I regret to report that my proposal to develop a bio-engineered apex predator to control the populations of … Continue reading →

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Valorcats

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

 …our goal as scientists working in this field is not to create monsters or to induce ecological catastrophe but to restore interactions between species and preserve biodiversity.   — from How to Clone a Mammoth – The Science of De-Extinction … Continue reading →

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Snow trout

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

The fish and I were both stunned and disbelieving to find ourselves connected by a line. – from The Armchair Angler by William Humphrey (1924-97), American novelist Fish are, of course, indispensable to the angler. They give him an excuse … Continue reading →

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…but a good Cigar is a Smoke

Posted on January 28, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

  For Maggie has written a letter to give me my choice between The wee little whimpering Love and the great god Nick o’ Teen. And I have been servant of Love for barely a twelvemonth clear But I have … Continue reading →

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Rifle cleaning’s a bore

Posted on January 23, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

    Screw the bristle brush into the tip of the cleaning rod, soak it in powder solvent, and go to work like a dissident communist Chinese official ordered by the Red Guard to scrub the entryway to the Zhongnanhai … Continue reading →

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Canine cabin fever

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

In the two weeks of sub-zero weather that followed the descent of an Arctic front upon the North Country in January, the wild antics of my French spaniels Abbey and Sasha have destroyed my cherished belief in the legendary canine-human … Continue reading →

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Below zero

Posted on January 13, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

Winter in the North Country can be bitterly cold, but it is also a season of great beauty, a source of aesthetic nourishment for the mind and soul. Below zero Winter in the North Country is a season of wonder … Continue reading →

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Coot Stews

Posted on January 2, 2016 by Jerry Johnson

Obscurity and a competence — that is the life that is best worth living.      – Mark Twain (1835-1910), American writer and humorist Coot Stews Mark Twain would admire the “competent and obscure” life I have achieved. A one-trick … Continue reading →

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All together

Posted on December 31, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

No man is an island, Entire of itself, Every man is a piece of the continent, A part of the main.      – John Donne (1572-1631), English poet and cleric The way of fortune is like the Milky Way … Continue reading →

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