Inevitable Indifference

When I (Doug) was in the fourth grade, I had a crush on Jill. It was a one-sided relationship, but as Valentine’s Day came closer I decided the best way to wow her was to walk to Lintner’s Drugstore and buy her a heart-shaped box of Russell Stover chocolates. It took...

Gloom, Despair, and Agony on Me

On Saturday evening’s, from 1969 to 1992, my generation watched a feel-good country music variety show called Hee-Haw, direct from mythical “Kornfield Kounty,” near Nashville, TN. Each week at some point in the show, Buck Owens and Roy Clark would do a humorous bit of...

Gloom, Despair and Agony on Me

On Saturday evening’s, beginning in 1969, many in my generation watched a feel-good country music variety TV show called Hee-Haw, direct from “Kornfield Kounty,” near Nashville. Each week at some point in the show, Buck Owens and Roy Clark would do a humorous bit of...