THE CROW’S
NEST---------------February
6, 2008
I woke up this morning at
3:30 AM (a long standing
tradition from childhood
where sleep was a waste of
time). I turned the
television on to learn that
“Super Tuesday” had
developed into “Enough
Politics Wednesday”. All
the cable channels were “up
and at’em” analyzing all the
votes that took place
yesterday. Each network had
different charts and exit
polls and whatever other
methods they could use to
make sure the general public
knew exactly what we did by
placing our vote. Six
months ago I thought this
was all very
interesting---today I am
tired of it. Maybe that’s
just me!
I subscribe to the
Divide County Journal
out of Crosby, ND. It is a
weekly newspaper with many
good articles. A couple of
weeks ago one of the lead
stories was about
nicknames. That got me
thinking about all the
nicknames that have called
Edinburg home. Nicknames
were plentiful during my
dad’s era. Some were: Bum,
Beans and Tuffy Mandt, Goof
and Pickle Nygard, Cream
Puff Rustan, Bones Odne,
Guts Sondreson, Hoot, Huskey
and Sonny Johnson, Sonny
Evenson, Red Johnson and
others I am sure. In my era
there was Big Red Peterson,
Bughouse Rustan, Weasel
Brevik, Rat and Little Rat
Windingland and Mouse
Anderson. Re-reading this
list is rather appalling as
some of the names were just
terrible. Today I can only
think of 2 nicknames in
Edinburg. That would be
Bongo Sondeland and Pudge
Langerud. Now, those are
quite nice nicknames. O
yes, years back we also had
“Something and Nothing”.
Girls were not really
included in the “wonderful
world of nicknames”. I
wonder why?
We have been having some
rather nasty cold weather
lately. It seems the
thermometer registers minus
degrees more than plus
degrees. No wonder Bud and
Lynette Langerud decided to
head south for a few days.
They flew to Las Vegas and
then Lynette said they would
just play it by ear! Thomas
and Katie Hall and Fred and
Dorothy Hall are enjoying
the sun, sand and warmth of
Cabul, Mexico. I know they
all will have a fun time,
but will be ready to return
to help with our Community
Brunch! There is more about
that on the Events Page.
Check it out!!!
I believe the National Bird
Count is to be held February
15th – 18th. I
keep looking at our feeders
wishing I would have a
cardinal come and visit.
The downey and hairy
woodpeckers really enjoy the
suet while the finches and
the redpoles feast on niger
seed. Our daughter, Kris
who lives in Minot said she
had a yard full of robins
last week.
Today is Ash Wednesday and
the beginning of Lent. For
me it is a time of
reflection and how I want to
live my life this coming
year.
Condolences go to the
family of Mickey Lee.
Mickey’s funeral was last
Friday. He was only 66
years old. Glenna plans to
stay with her mom until
Easter. After the funeral
this man walked up to me and
said “Hi, Rita”. I had NO
clue. It was Darrell
Troftgruben. What fun to
see him. He always was the
life of the party at
Johnson’s Food Store when he
was growing up in Edinburg.
He said he lives in Fargo.
Sara Sorbo is again having
a great year playing
basketball for Concordia.
Judy and Allen were down in
the cities last weekend to
watch her play. I just wish
we would get more coverage.
Sara is one of a kind.
Have a great day and we
will visit later.
I
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