This is another running of the words columns.
When you’re driving your car and wave at a police car as you meet it, no wave is returned if this happens in Albert Lea. Your chances of getting a wave back are slim to none. When you’re driving your car and wave at a police car as you meet, a wave is returned if this happens in New Richland. Your chances of getting a wave back are for sure to almost for sure.
Can you name six of the communities the Star Eagle claims to serve? Hint, Bana, Brevik or Bagley, Minn., are not one of the eight.
I like to read fellow columnists’ weekly columns in the Star Eagle. Most of the time I have no problem getting their message. Once in a while their use of the English language snows me. For example, who can tell me what is Edamame? I know it is not Norwegian.
Speaking of Norwegian, Genie traveled on a girls-only bus trip to Door County, Wis. She purchased a great T-shirt for me that reads, “Norwegians have faults, but being wrong isn’t one of them.”
The above is politely saying, “You can tell a Norwegian, but you can’t tell him much.”
If you watched the World Series baseball games on TV, I’m sure you also saw the sign that said, “Al Bat.” My vision isn’t what it used to be; per Genie it read, “At Bat.”
Our doorbell was constantly ringing on Wednesday evening, Oct. 31. We gave out enough candy to cover 120 kids and turned the light out when that happened. The surprise of the evening was when a young mommy handed me the following as she told me, “This is your treat.” It read:
“Being a Christian is like being a pumpkin!
“God picks you from the patch and brings you in, then washes all the dirt off you.
“He opens you up and scoops out all the yucky stuff. He removes the seeds of doubt, hate, greed, etc.
“Then he carves you a new smiling face.
“And he puts his light inside you to shine for all the world to see.”
Readers, do you suppose the USA would be a better place with the “Pumpkin Patch” belief? Maybe the USA should have a “Pumpkin Patch” national holiday.
After this column, future columns will not be every week until May. We plan on deer hunting in November, ice fishing in December and January, Eelpout Festival in February, a trip to Arkansas in March, a visit to our son in Vermont and a visit to our daughter in North Carolina (both in April), then a week of fishing in May to Leech Lake.
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Bob is a retired AAL (Aid Association for Lutherans) agent, currently working on his master’s degree in Volunteering. His wife, Genie, is a retired RN, currently working on her doctor’s degree in Volunteering. They have two children, Deb in North Carolina, and Dan in Vermont. Bob says if you enjoy his column, let him know. If you don’t enjoy it, keep on reading, it can get worse. Words of wisdom: There is always room for God.