Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties
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Though they share their main sentiments, it is my hope that this column will be better received than Jeep’s Bruce Springsteen Super Bowl commercial. Alice Schertle’s Little Blue Truck is a book that is on constant rotation in my kid’s library. In essence, the story follows an old, single cab, blue (please don’t read into the color) pickup truck as it goes about its morning, beeping hello to each animal it passes on the way. After greeting a handful of barnyard animals in the country, Blue is...
My oldest brother was born on Dec. 11, about eight and a half years before I showed up. Since I’ve been old enough to take note, he has requested a pineapple upside down cake every year to mark the occasion. In the years that they’ve spent his birthday together, my mom has always been happy to oblige. When counted among the things our children want, possible or otherwise, cake preferences seem to be among the more reasonable. As I write this, I cannot recall the most recent occasion where my...
I’m a little obsessed with the German notion of schadenfreude. It describes a feeling of pleasure someone derives from another’s misfortune. It sounds especially unkind as a concept, but is rampant in daily life. It can be sparked by an embarrassing loss from a despised sports rival, or as a spectator of celebrity divorce, or as witness of the guy in the brand new BMW getting pulled over for failing to signal. As a logical flipside to this unfortunate trait of human nature, it seems like it...
When I hear people mention that election season is approaching or that we are just now in the midst of it, I can almost feel the air from the commentary going over my head before it rolls down my back. Isn't it always election season? When was the break? I'm not sure if you felt it, but I sure didn't. It would be easy to blame the negative gravity of this cycle on 24/7 news coverage or the far-reaching power and implications of big money in politics. While I think there are definitely issues to...
