Across The Fence: Time for a change

It has been a little more than six years since this column "Across the Fence" was first printed in the fledgling newspaper, The Gering Citizen. Since that first column more than 300 pieces have followed, nearly 400,000 words, and that's a lot of words from a feller who usually doesn't have much to say.

At the start of this journey I shared much of my personal life through family history, personal stories and other events that occupied my day-to-day routines. The Western Nebraska Observer also began publishing the columns and, most recently, The Sidney Sun-Telegraph began to include the stories...