It’s sad to see them go
Country Roads
Not a Jimmy or Debbie in the bunch
Country Roads
Could I be an anachronism?
By Arvid Huisman It should be no surprise that I love words, especially unusual words. Years ago I came across the word “anachronism.” I was not familiar with the term. It reminded me …
Country Roads: We already miss Dolly
By Arvid Huisman Much has been written in recent days about Dolly Parton and her recent passing. What I have read has been appropriate, accurate and touching. I never met Dolly Parton …
The workings of an idle mind
By Arvid Huisman It was so hot the other day I saw a funeral procession pull through a Dairy Queen. Okay, that’s an exaggeration but it was really hot. When it gets this hot, I stay in…
The lost art of complaining
By Arvid Huisman While we Americans enjoy complaining ̶ about the weather, taxes, politics and most anything else ̶ I fear we are losing the “art” of complaining. It seems fewe…
Make Father's Day Special for Dad
Father’s Day is a lot different from Mother’s Day. For moms, they are happy with breakfast in bed, and flower or a homemade gift. Moms love anything their kids do for them and tell the…
Ever wonder where that came from?
By Arvid Huisman My grandfather, in referring the weather, used to say, “Red in the morn; sailors take warn. Red at night, sailors’ delight.” I have heard others use terms and phrases …
Sometimes I hear an echo
By Arvid Huisman Some years ago I was given an insulated travel coffee cup by a firm with which we did business. It was a lovely cup ̶ tall, slender, stainless-steel inside and out, …
A Mother’s Day corsage
A Mother’s Day corsage By Arvid Huisman May was always a special time in my boyhood family. Our mother’s birthday was on May 8 and Mother’s Day was a few days away; sometimes on …
Leaving the pages, not the people
Leaving the pages, not the people By Laura Drummy laura@nelsonmediacompany.com For nearly four years, this space and the pages of the Linn News have been a constant in my life. …
