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Fire
My hometown is kind of a mess. Over the weekend, our grain elevator, by far the biggest structure in town, suffered a major fire. The part that …
Brent Olson
Jul 30, 2021
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Grief at the Wrongness in the World...
I started work on this book about seven years ago. I think I should get points for being ahead of the curve… https://www.amazon.com/ANGR-When-ca…
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Jan 25
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Critical
My Great Uncle Carl, the guy who lived in our house before we did, twice spent time in a state institution being treated with electroshock thera…
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Jul 23, 2021
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Ivan
I was driving between farms the other day and noticed that the wild roses were bloo…
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Jun 25, 2021
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Coaching
A baseball game. Eleven and twelve-year-olds. Roughly one third of the team bursts into tears at some point, many of them after talking to their…
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Jul 2, 2021
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Early Morning
Sometimes I wish I could remember her name. It was 5:21 a.m. and my wife’s cat clawed my toes to get me up, because he wanted to go outside. I h…
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Sep 3, 2021
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Christmas, 2021
It was very early. I sat at the kitchen table looking out the north window into the darkness. To the right, I saw the soft glow of light from th…
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Dec 24, 2021
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And the winner is...
AMERICAN AGRICULTURAL EDITORS ASSOCIATION 2021 NATIONAL WRITING AWARDS Editorial Opinion - 1st Place - Brent Olson
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Aug 9, 2021
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Confidently Incorrect
My wife’s cat doesn’t understand color. That dawned on me one day when I was at my desk and instead of working, I was watching the cat. He had c…
Brent Olson
Feb 4
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I'm on empty, fill 'er up.
My sister stayed with us for a few days, so on a pass through the grocery store I picked up some breakfast sausages, a brand new to me. So, arti…
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Aug 27, 2021
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Birthday
It’s my birthday this week. Sixty-seven years old. Yeah, I know. Time flies. It seems like a long time and in a way, it is. The first few years …
Brent Olson
Dec 3, 2021
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Thanksgiving
We’ve got rainbows in the kitchen again...it must be time for Thanksgiving. On the south side of our house, there’s a big, old picture window in…
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Nov 24, 2021
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