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California Boy By: Jerry Nelson 04/24/2012 @ 7:49am

Our youngest son has worn numerous nicknames over the years including Annoying Boy, College Boy, Laundry Boy, Hawaii Boy, Vegas Boy and, most recently, The Kansas City Kid.His ...

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Burning house By: Brent Olson 04/17/2012 @ 7:49am

So, how many of you remember Star Trek?  I suppose it’s probably still showing on one of those TV channels that we don’t get.  Not the new episodes, but the very ...

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Early spring jitters By: Jerry Nelson 04/09/2012 @ 9:16am

The freakishly fine weather we’ve been enjoying this past winter and spring has left many of us on edge. We denizens of the North are a naturally skeptical people. Not only will ...

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Long way to Winnipeg By: Brent Olson 04/04/2012 @ 8:44am

It’s a long road to Winnipeg.  I should know – I’ve driven it a few times.The first time was in 1975.  We didn’t see much scenery.  For one thing, it was ...

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Peripatetic Peddlers By: Jerry Nelson 04/02/2012 @ 10:51am

Traveling salesmen were the bane of my existence when I was a young dairy farmer. I looked forward to a salesman pulling onto the yard as much as a stubbed toe or a violent sneeze ...

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Sorting memories By: Jerry Nelson 03/27/2012 @ 9:58am

We recently received the sad news that my wife’s uncle Veral had passed away. Veral was a bachelor farmer who spent most of his 76 years on the farm my wife’s grandparents ...

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Al & Sylvia By: Jerry Nelson 03/20/2012 @ 9:53am

This week my wife and I will mark 31 years since we donned some outlandish outfits, stood up in front of a crowd and said “I do."Never does a day go by when we don’t thank our ...

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Time flies By: Brent Olson 03/05/2012 @ 9:59am

I use a numerical code to label what I write, just to keep track.This week, with this column, the code is “1,000.”That seems like a lot.  I’m not even sure when this ...

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Trucking By: Brent Olson 02/29/2012 @ 10:41am

Every now and then you hear about a fine bit of police work.  For instance, this story.I know a guy who used to be a long haul truck driver.  His first destination ever ...

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Wessington Springs adventures By: Jerry Nelson 02/27/2012 @ 9:20am

It had been nearly forty years since I’d last been to the place and with my memory no longer what it used to be I couldn’t tell whether or not the hamlet had changed.I was ...

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Dogs I've known By: Jerry Nelson 02/23/2012 @ 9:51am

Everyone on the planet has probably seen the YouTube video Ultimate Dog Tease. It’s such a hit at our house that my wife and I will say “Yeah? And then what?” as shorthand ...

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A Hay Expo experience By: Jerry Nelson 02/13/2012 @ 10:18am

I recently attended an alfalfa expo in Kearney, Nebraska. That’s just how wild and crazy I am: I’ll drive seven hours simply to attend an event that’s all about hay.This ...

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Dum-dum By: Brent Olson 01/31/2012 @ 7:54am

I just want a normal life.If I can’t have that, I’d just like to have a normal cat.We were out of cats for quite a while.  After BD, our throwback to Genghis Khan went to ...

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A country mouse in the city By: Jerry Nelson 01/30/2012 @ 11:17am

A recent trip to a big city reinforced the notion that I do not belong in a big city.Cities are fine in theory; they’re just not for me. And it’s not like I don’t have any ...

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An occupation By: Jerry Nelson 01/09/2012 @ 9:52am

The so-called “occupy” movement has swept across every section of this great land of ours, spreading even to the humble farm where I grew up.The presence of our occupiers came ...

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Barn Again By: Jerry Nelson 01/03/2012 @ 9:21am

This extraordinarily mild and dry winter has enabled us to accomplish some remarkable feats. After the past few winters, we deem it a minor miracle to simply get into the car and ...

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Year of the child By: Brent Olson 12/20/2011 @ 9:34am

Here on the Olson Ranch this year would almost have to be considered The Year of the Child.  It was   only a little over a year ago when my new book was ...

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Christmases past & By: Jerry Nelson 12/12/2011 @ 9:32am

Christmastime when I was a kid consisted mostly of waiting, waiting, waiting for the moment when we could finally open our presents. That and putting up with aunts and uncles and ...

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The overeating season By: Jerry Nelson 11/21/2011 @ 2:25pm

The ping of shirt buttons ricocheting off dining room walls all across this great land of ours heralds the arrival of the overeating season.There are many other signs of this ...

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Tire troubles By: Jerry Nelson 11/08/2011 @ 10:51am

So I was driving along, minding my own business, when the left rear tire began to make that dreaded “wup, wup, wup” sound. A flat!It was my own dumb fault. Just days earlier ...

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