"If you can't be pretty, you might as well cause trouble" – Florence King
Posted in nostalgia on Aug 11th, 2009
I was, as my dad puts it, “wound up like an 8-day clock.” I felt like a can of cheap beer at a party, all shook up and ready to explode sparkling fizz all over the place. The Violent Femmes’ “Blister In The Sun” echoed in my head as I bounced around like a superball, […]
Posted in nostalgia on Aug 6th, 2009
A couple of weeks ago, I started thinking that the Sturgis Rally was coming up, and that the Box Butte County Fair would be next on the agenda. Mom had told me about some friends stopping in on their way up to Chadron for Fur Trade Days, and that made me think that in terms […]