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.

Dove tales

Posted on September 2, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Only doves love summer and perhaps that is why I am not as fond of them as I am of other game birds. I love shooting and eating doves – just not their choice of weather. – from Upland Bird … Continue reading →

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Me and Rube

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

A Rube Goldberg machine is a contraption, invention, device or apparatus that is deliberately over-engineered to perform a simple task in a complicated fashion, usually including a chain reaction. The expression is named after American cartoonist and inventor Rube Goldberg … Continue reading →

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A murder of crows

Posted on August 18, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

When he was a kid, he told me, he killed crows by the hundreds, but as he got older he grew to like them so much he couldn’t bring himself to shoot. “They’re a lot like us,” he would say: … Continue reading →

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North Country math

Posted on August 13, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

The good news is that the tree fell exactly where I wanted. The not-so-good news is that it takes a long, hot, weary day of work to cut up a 16-inch red elm tree even when it falls along the … Continue reading →

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The cost of $7 corn

Posted on August 5, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

The ag industrialists of the North Country have been high on ethanol fuel for more than a decade, staggeringly intoxicated with the stuff that has brought them much profit from higher grain prices, primarily the corn from which most ethanol … Continue reading →

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Stopping the clock

Posted on July 29, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Here we are, trapped in the amber of the moment.               – from Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut (1922-2007) Clocks slay time… time is dead as long as it is being clicked off by little wheels; only when the clock stops … Continue reading →

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Pepper in your underwear

Posted on July 21, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

“You know,” Grandma told Odin, “you shouldn’t believe everything Grandpa tells you.” “I know, Grandma,” Odin assured her. “But I’m going to try that pepper-in-my-underwear thing.” Pepper in your underwear “Fact or Fib” is one of the most fascinating and … Continue reading →

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NRA is the hunter’s greatest enemy

Posted on July 15, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

If you support the NRA because you think it is promoting the future of hunting you are sadly mistaken. The NRA is not a conservation organization; it is not a wildlife organization; it is not a hunters’ organization. It is … Continue reading →

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Tinkerballs

Posted on July 9, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Tinker’s fighting style was to hold back and lay low while the other tomcat would spit and spar and jab and get overconfident and take one swipe too many. Then Tinker would come out smokin’ and get hold of him … Continue reading →

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Hunting velociraptors

Posted on July 1, 2015 by Jerry Johnson

Reality can be beaten with enough imagination.             – Mark Twain (1835-1910) Stunt, dwarf or destroy the imagination of a child and you have taken away its chances of success in life. Imagination transforms the commonplace into the great and … Continue reading →

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