Life on Highway 9

Highway Nine runs right past the front office of my shop, the door open I could throw a donut out and hit the street. Yesterday , Friday, t...

The caskets were easy, Dad left us first, we spent some time on that one, Mom's turn we just said get us another one just like the other...

Dad ran his business, a feed mill/farm store like ringing a bell, he had built it, nurtured it, poured his soul into it. He grew it every y...

You may recall Marv , the 80 something salt of the earth farmer friend with the cool junk in his grove. So I am coming back from my folks t...

So as I told in the earlier story we got to buying our beer from the drive-up window at the Beer Spot. Wasn't long and we had progresse...

We spotted the 56 while we were cruising around Rock Rapids, just siting in the car lot, pretty as you please, two door hardtop, turquoise...

We lost Dad in March of 08, Mom struggled with it, not just the loss of Dad but her memory of him passing. She always asked politely, gently...