Opinion

With the recent addition of some weekly newspapers to my reading area, new readers are wondering why I occasionally relate a Wisconsin adventure. About 13 years ago, Betsy, my wife, sat up in bed one morning and announced that she wanted to move to Wisconsin.

The liver is one of the most amazing but underrated organs in our bodies. We cannot live without it, and, unlike the kidney, we cannot bypass it with a dialysis machine. Lose your liver and you lose your life.

Catfish & stink baits – It’s messy but worth it. I’ve gone through much of my fishing life with a fondness for catfish. They are awesome fighters, excellent table fare, abundant, and readily accessible. I catch a few every spring/summer while jigging for walleyes, white bass, and smallmouth bass.

If you have read either of my books, A Dakota Rod and Nimrod or The Dakota Nimrod Grows Older, both available through Amazon or Barnes & Noble, you know that I believe that anyone who likes to hunt should experience a western elk hunt. There’s one big problem – affordability.

I’ve been spending a lot of time talking with patients about the COVID-19 vaccine. Sometimes we celebrate being fully vaccinated. Some patients are skeptical about how serious COVID-19 infections actually were. And others are not convinced they can trust the vaccine.

As I much enjoy experiencing my 80th year, I think it only natural to ask myself, “If I had it to do over again, is there anything I would have done differently?

I was sitting in my beach chair on vacation soaking up the sun when I overheard the couple next to me sounding concerned. They were throwing out lots of big medical terms but were very confused and said that they did not understand anything that they read on this MRI report.

My last conversation with Grandpa was over the phone. He was sick and dying. I was 1,200 miles away in residency, learning how to be a family physician. I was not going to make it home in time to see him one last time. We did not know exactly what was wrong.

I am occasionally asked, “Roger, what’s the most unusual thing you’ve ever caught?” The question got me to thinking. In August 1999, Tom, my son-in-law, and I were fishing for catfish beneath the first island below the Ft. Randall Dam at Pickstown.

PROVERBS 21:26 " He that coveteth greedily all the day long: but the righteous giveth and spareth not."(KJV) PROVERBS 22:9 " He that hath a bountiful eye shall be blessed: for he giveth his bread to the poor.