Category Archives: Feature

I had no idea I would live to be a geezer. I have arrived at that age. The one good thing I thought I would be done with was visits with highway patrolmen. I got a ticket recently and found out they will write tickets to old, awful drivers like me! When I got pulled over, I...

Well, I’ve been trudging through winter like everyone else, not much excitement. I didn’t go anywhere warm except for the Coffee Cup Café. I have had some unusual things happen. I developed a fantastic toothache. After a few days of very little sleep or food, I finally went to a dentist. He took one look in my...

Animal Aggravation A couple of weeks ago, my daughter left the state for a week of vacation. I was asked, or maybe I should say ordered, to take care of a few chores on their acreage. The only thing she told me was to be careful of their dog (a black Lab). She said the Lab named...

The Obituary for Dusty the Duster Dusty is the nickname my family gave to the 1974 Plymouth Duster I’ve driven to work for several years. Dusty was born Dec. 15, 1974, and died quite fittingly on Friday, Oct. 13, 1995. I remember when we got Dusty. Her body was shiny blue without a scratch. My oldest daughter...

DZ Analyzes the Blizzard of ‘96 It will be a long, long time before a lot of people, including me, forget the blizzard of Jan. 26, 1996. I left home for work in Grinnell that morning, and the weather was fairly clear. I got to Grinnell, jumped in a semi-truck, and took off for Pella and...

Waiting For Christmas It is about 350 days until Christmas and I, for one, am quite happy about it. I know I sound like Scrooge, but it’s just more hassle than it’s worth. The most expensive gift I received this year was some kind of battery-powered blood pressure reading machine. It’s a little box with a digital...