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Posted on July 7, 2010 - by Hubba

Oh Yeah, By The Way

The Boss told me that we are getting married on the 18th of September.

As this will be my first and most likely only wedding, I encourage you, if you believe yourself to be my friend, to attend.  The plan is to get married in the country church at Red Owl SD.  The size of the church prohibits a crowd, so the wedding will be attended by family and close friends. (more…)

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Posted on July 5, 2010 - by Hubba

Arf, Arf!

A few weeks ago, Bob and Patty Joe Timmons went to a 4-H camping/workday over at Marcus.  Another group was holding Bible School at the Marcus Church.

Patty couldn’t be much help with painting at four years old, so the Bible School people welcomed her into their classes, and then enthusiastically invited her to appear in the Bible School Program at the end of the week.  We all got dressed up and went over to watch her in the program.

The problem was, the kids had learned the songs for the program in the afternoons and Patty Joe had only attended in the mornings.  They put her right in the middle and she just stood there silently.  Looking nice, and smiling, but very obviously not singing. (more…)

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Posted on June 30, 2010 - by Hubba

Haying Time

The Frank Timmon’s Ranch has gotten to the hayfield at last!  We’ve had a run of bad luck with the machinery, but today we raked and baled a bit of hay.  In between we’ve been busy changing oil, greasing, cleaning the winter muck out of everything, and cussing.

The haying season is a lot like a baseball game.  The more I think about this, the more true it rings.  Beer gets drank, tobacco gets chawed, everybody’s red-faced and sweating, there’s a lot of strategy, and it’s all not very interesting. (more…)

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Posted on June 25, 2010 - by Hubba

Little eChurch on The Prairie

A year or so ago, when he was still in the seminary, one of my chief delights on the interwebs was visiting the Saint Paul Seminary website to read the writings of now-Father Tyler Dennis.  Deacon Tyler (his station at the time) was in a stable of six or seven different contributors to the website, so he didn’t have to write every day.  And I eagerly awaited each of his missives.  It is unchristian but true to say that I never really enjoyed any of the other seminarians musings.  And I got to where I could tell them all apart.

Deacon Tyler’s writing, from a single sentence to several pages, was always profound.  He could write about a mystery of the Church, throw in a wry observation about country living or even a Baxter Black quote and wrap it all up in prose that bespoke years of reading and a ferocious intellect. (more…)

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Posted on June 24, 2010 - by Hubba

Patty Joe Timmons, Folk Songwriter

Bonnie and I have both tried our hands at songwriting, to various degrees of success.  So I guess it should come as no surprise that our daughter Patty Joe is endeavoring to write songs too.  At the tender age of four, she has written two songs already.

Patty Joe has a songwriting style which is rather dark, but brilliant at the same time.  Most of her songs have to do with the anguish of free spirits shackled by the realities of the world.

Much like Jim Morrison, Patty Joe is a very shy performer, but instead of performing with her back to the audience, Patty usually sings with a blanket over her head.

The following is her first original composition.  There really was no discernible melody, so if you want to sing it, you can use whatever melody you like-

A dog was up in the sky so high;

And then he died

‘Cause he didn’t have wings to fly

Like a butterfly.

Does anyone have EmmyLou Harris’ phone number?  I think she could do something with this.

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