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About Jerry Johnson

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

Best reading

Posted on September 15, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

I believe that our attraction to art – to stories and songs – is because the best of them resonate with and go some way to help explain the eternal mystery of why we exist and why we have turned … Continue reading →

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Last of the old timers

Posted on September 11, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

“I am, beyond a doubt, the last of the old-timers.”    – Jack Crabb, from the movie Little Big Man,based on the novel by Thomas Berger (1924-2014) Last of the old timers Bird hunting isn’t what it used to be. … Continue reading →

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Happiest moments

Posted on September 6, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

It is utterly false and cruelly arbitrary to put all the play and learning into childhood, all the work into middle age, and all the regrets into old age.                       … Continue reading →

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Bear hunt

Posted on August 30, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Bear hunt Remembering Dave Wade: A tribute delivered at his Celebration of Life Service, August 26, 2014 Dave Wade was the best and closest friend I have had in my life. His friendship was so precious to me, and his passing … Continue reading →

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Gone on ahead

Posted on August 25, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

When I heard those words on the telephone – “Dave’s gone”- I did not feel the emptiness of death but only the loneliness of departure, as if I had been told, “Dave’s left on his elk hunting trip to the … Continue reading →

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If I had a hammer

Posted on August 16, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Be ready, and if’n a bird flies in front of you, just poke yer barrel at it and pull the trigger. That gun probly feels pretty big, but don’t worry. She don’t kick. Much.              – Advice from a well-meaning … Continue reading →

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Heaven’s roads are gravel and sand

Posted on August 10, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

 …the street of the city (of heaven) was pure gold…    – Revelations 21:21 Heaven’s roads are gravel and sand When the Apostle John wrote the Book of Revelations at age 92, a prisoner of Rome on the island of Patmos, … Continue reading →

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Bird dog art

Posted on July 26, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

Shooting afield without the aid of a trained dog is very poor sport indeed…  …for it is not only the large number of birds brought to bag that inspires and gratifies, but rather it is the fine performance of his … Continue reading →

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Twinkies, Bering Imperials, and Schlitz

Posted on July 21, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

I have held many things in my hands, and I have lost them all. –  Martin Luther (1483-1546), German monk and Catholic priest, key figure of the 16th century Protestant Reformation     Twinkies, Bering Imperials, and Schlitz Unable to … Continue reading →

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Random advice

Posted on July 11, 2014 by Jerry Johnson

We get too soon old and too late smart.     – Appalachian folk saying Random advice Following the example of Benjamin Franklin in America’s colonial the era when he published snippets of wit and wisdom in his annual Poor … Continue reading →

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