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.

Wish granted

Posted on December 24, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

With  all the children and grandchildren coming home to the farm for Christmas day, for the first time in several years, Patti wished that we would have snow on this strangely warm winter to make the celebration perfect. You got … Continue reading →

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Christmas gifts for my grandchildren

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Gifts of time and love are surely the basic ingredients of a truly merry Christmas.    ― Peg Bracken (1918-2007), American humor writer I wish we could put up some of the Christmas spirit in jars and open a jar … Continue reading →

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Scars

Posted on December 14, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

A man is the sum of his scars. ~from the novel Blood Sport – A Journey up the Hassayampa by Robert F. Jones (1934-2002) God will not look you over for medals, degrees or diplomas, but for scars. ~Elbert Hubbard … Continue reading →

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A woman in deer camp

Posted on December 8, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Previously, camp etiquette was based on coarse and uncouth behaviors, those all-male enclave traditions that we bearers of the XY chromosome combination learned in junior high school and never progressed beyond. Demonstrative belching and farting, for example. A woman in … Continue reading →

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Good bird season

Posted on December 2, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Good bird season Winter’s first serious snowfall  brought out the curmudgeon in me. I’ve been grumbling the past two days that this might be the beginning of a series of storms that will bring bird season to an end. National … Continue reading →

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Nebraska blizzard gifts

Posted on December 1, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Experience makes more timid men than it does wise ones.     ~Josh Billings, pen name of American humor writer and lecturer Henry Wheeler Shaw (1818-1885) Nebraska blizzard gifts  Unexpected blizzards still sweep across the Nebraska prairies in November, but … Continue reading →

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Selfie doe

Posted on November 16, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

sel·fie — /ˈselfē/ (noun, informal) a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and shared via social media. Usage: “occasional selfies are acceptable, but posting a new picture of yourself everyday isn’t … Continue reading →

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Over the Hill Gang South Dakota Hunt

Posted on November 10, 2015 by Jerry Johnson
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One thing’s for certain

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Live everyday as if it’s your last, boys, and one day in the future when you look back, you’ll have lived ten thousand lifetimes.             – from the novel I Have Lived Today by Steven Moore (b. 1974), teacher, painter, … Continue reading →

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Coon pooh

Posted on October 27, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Dogs and people approach things a little differently. For example, I am very fond of pizza but have never had a desire to roll in it. Rolling in more or less odorous things may be somewhat mysterious but I assume … Continue reading →

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