Isms: Views on life in rural America

I don’t know about you, but I write a lot “in my head.” When we lived at the farm, I would write entire articles for the Norfolk Daily News while I walked back and forth across the great green carpet, perfecting the lead paragraph, organizing details, planning how and where to add important and pertinent quotes. During my two-hour jaunt, I would have the piece memorized so, once inside, I could put words to paper.

The process was darn near perfect. Very seldom would I need to make changes.

Man, I miss those days.

A column idea came to me last week and it’s been brewing. In fact, it’s 4:35 on T...