Serving O'Brien & Clay Counties

The Writer's Pen

The Old Man Card

It is said that you are as young as you feel. I have yet another birthday coming in a couple months, and I don’t feel young at all. As a matter of fact, if someone were to sneak another 20 candles on my cake, I probably wouldn’t know the difference. Oh, who am I kidding, they don’t bake cakes big enough to hold that many candles!

Recently I spent a couple of days pheasant hunting with a group of guys that come to our area from Ohio every year. A couple guys in our area organize the weeklong hunts, and I tag along when it works out. One of those days was cold and extremely windy, but when time...