Larry N. Campbell

Top Ten ‘Shelter in Place’ Survival Tips for Husbands 1. If your wife asks, “Are you still here?” more than 3 times in any 24-hour period, immediately volunteer to clean the house. 2. If your wife receives more than 7 packages from Amazon in any 24-hour period, tell her that you are proud of her […]

A Bond Never Broken When I first started interviewing people for my historical articles in the Observer, I was driving a Ford Thunderbird. The one year they decided to grow that particular model from the original sports car to one as large as a sedan. One of my first drives into the depths of the […]

A nightlong snowstorm stalks across the land with authority like a lion in winter exercising the power to which he has rightful legacy. His silent white paws tread with the sureness that is his birthright, bringing humility to the hedgerows and paralysis to the marketplace.   He pauses quietly in the morning yearning to stay […]

It’s Saturday night and the band is tuning up on stage. People are positioning their lawn chairs on the street to the west of the courthouse, a street blocked off every Saturday night in the summer. A tent is set at the back of the makeshift venue, selling funnel cakes  and fried Oreos. Kids are playing tag on […]

Would I scare you off if I said this is a short piece about semantics? Semantics is about language and it has a few messages. It has to do with choosing the right words in the most effective order. Rule One: The word is not the thing! Words are symbols. They stand for other things. […]

When I was 14 years old, I had a fully developed vision for my life. After completing school and travelling the world, I would meet and marry a great guy, at which point we would settle onto our farm. He would spend his days being a success and an all-around perfect guy while I would […]

Top Ten President Trump First Term Accomplishments Convinces the Department of the Interior to declare his hair a native wildlife habitat. Declares that since she is just so bubbly and social, Sarah Palin would be the Secretary of the new Department of Twitter. While updating his Facebook status, he unfriends the countries of Mexico, China, […]

Taking Big Steps – Jerry Johnson I was raised on a farm near a small-town named Kerkhoven, located in the rural heart of Minnesota. Approximately 40 miles south of the Lake Wobegon area, this town of population 300 was my world. It took some big personal steps to go beyond it. A first step beyond […]

A Man’s Guide to Shopping at Wal-Mart When arriving at the Wal-Mart parking lot, you should always be prepared to remove a shopping cart from the space you attempt to enter.  In a perfect world, it should be legal for you to find the person who left the cart there and punch him or her in the […]

What I Miss 4 AM……I have been home a week and  already I am aware of what I miss when I am not out walking and why it calls to me: * The weight of my pack first thing in the morning, that appendage which becomes a physical part of my being…..if missing I am […]