tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17579480331855988372023-10-29T06:47:51.132-07:00Verlyn Klinkenborg, In SummaryI summarize Verlyn Klinkenborg's columns so you don't have to read them.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.comBlogger87125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-66026345045557907842012-12-17T13:13:00.002-08:002012-12-17T13:14:03.304-08:00Monday, December 17th, 2012: "Christmas Lights at Dusk and Dawn"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/opinion/christmas-lights-at-dusk-and-dawn.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/17/opinion/christmas-lights-at-dusk-and-dawn.html</a><br />
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As of press time, it is dawn.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-6061087821687388422012-10-07T19:28:00.001-07:002012-10-07T19:38:24.940-07:00Thursday, October 5th, 2012: "Falling Behind the Season"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/opinion/falling-behind-the-season.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/06/opinion/falling-behind-the-season.html</a><br />
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Verlyn Klinkenborg can't believe it's fall. He's "still busy being surprised by spring."<br />
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Also, his dog's name is "Ceilidh." Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-79258567484836664672012-02-06T16:06:00.000-08:002012-02-06T16:14:27.550-08:00Sunday, February 5th, 2012: "Mouse House"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/opinion/mouse-house.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=verlyn%20klinkenborg&st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/opinion/mouse-house.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=verlyn%20klinkenborg&st=cse</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg's farm is infested with mice, "working to return this house to nature." There are mice in his car. There are mice in his boots. There are probably mice swarming over Verlyn Klinkenborg's writhing body as you read this. Please send help.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-98930195318061952012-02-06T16:03:00.000-08:002012-02-06T16:06:23.569-08:00January 11th: "Burning Time"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/opinion/burning-time.html?scp=5&sq=verlyn%20klinkenborg&st=cse">http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/opinion/burning-time.html?scp=5&sq=verlyn%20klinkenborg&st=cse</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg likes to make a fire in his woodstove even when it isn't that cold out.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-25806922477996623682011-10-30T19:27:00.000-07:002011-10-30T19:29:14.785-07:00Friday, 9/9/11: "Setting Sail to the Barn"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/opinion/setting-sail-to-the-barn.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/09/10/opinion/setting-sail-to-the-barn.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg is fantasizing about buying a sailboat, but he probably wouldn't get one for real.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-56945449863728291642011-10-20T10:22:00.000-07:002011-10-20T10:24:43.374-07:00Thursday, 10/20/11: "Hastening Slowly Through Fall"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/opinion/hastening-slowly-through-fall.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/opinion/hastening-slowly-through-fall.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg has caterpillars in his mudroom. The sky overhead, as of press time, is "bright." He wonders if turkeys are watching him.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-55853118221142147902011-08-20T09:48:00.000-07:002011-08-20T09:51:51.422-07:00Saturday, 7/30/11: "Mending Fences"<a href="http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE3DE123EF933A05754C0A9679D8B63&ref=verlynklinkenborg">http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990DE3DE123EF933A05754C0A9679D8B63&ref=verlynklinkenborg</a>
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<br />The grass grew in Verlyn Klinkenborg's pastures. "Living here is a mysterious affair."
<br />Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-90027467402472291272011-08-20T09:42:00.000-07:002011-08-20T09:45:10.981-07:00Saturday, 8/20/11: "Innocent Parties"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/opinion/innocent-parties.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/20/opinion/innocent-parties.html?_r=1</a>
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<br />A weasel killed all of Verlyn Klinkenborg's chickens, causing Verlyn Klinkenborg to question the entire point of raising chickens to begin with. Just for a second. Then he gets some more chickens.
<br />Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-21875438209100670892011-07-02T10:39:00.000-07:002011-07-02T10:41:25.676-07:00Saturday, 7/2/11: "One Fine Day"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/opinion/02sat4.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/02/opinion/02sat4.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211</a><br /><br />It sure was a beautiful day the other day on Verlyn Klinkenborg's farm! Everything was "antipodal" and "indomitable" and "sharing a vital insentience" and...I guess you had to be there.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-71891051405546154862011-06-21T09:26:00.000-07:002011-06-21T09:28:57.991-07:00Sunday, 6/19/11: "A Welcome Silence"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/opinion/20mon4.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/20/opinion/20mon4.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg likes to wear orange plastic earmuffs. Sometimes Verlyn Klinkenborg forgets to take off his orange plastic earmuffs. Verlyn Klinkenborg might be wearing his orange plastic earmuffs <span style="font-style: italic;">right now!</span>Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-32333981102178711082011-05-21T22:33:00.000-07:002011-05-21T22:35:17.792-07:00Sunday, 5/22/11: "Tomorrow to Pastures New"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/opinion/22sun3.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/22/opinion/22sun3.html?ref=opinion</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg moved his horses from his pasture to the pasture next door, and he wonders how they feel about that.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-859891610434648612011-04-24T10:07:00.000-07:002011-04-24T10:09:11.817-07:00Sunday, 4/24/11: "What the Season Returns"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/opinion/24sun3.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/24/opinion/24sun3.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=tha211</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg's bees died, but he bought some new bees.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-45636864576493435702011-04-04T10:14:00.000-07:002011-04-04T10:15:46.153-07:00Monday, 4/4/11: "Gains and Losses"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/opinion/04mon4.html?_r=1&ref=verlynklinkenborg">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/04/opinion/04mon4.html?_r=1&ref=verlynklinkenborg</a><br /><br />You know <a href="http://verlynklinkenborg.blogspot.com/2011/01/sunday-11611-january-pause.html">all the snow that was on Verlyn Klinkenborg's farm a while ago</a>? Well, it's not there anymore.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-50877326617469256362011-03-13T14:45:00.000-07:002011-03-13T14:52:16.587-07:00Sunday, 3/13/11: "Marvel and Persistence"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/opinion/13sun3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/opinion/13sun3.html?_r=1&ref=opinion</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg can't believe his chore coat is always hanging on the same hook every day. He wishes he himself were so "perdurable."Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-91985835992304131802011-02-19T11:55:00.000-08:002011-02-19T11:58:52.276-08:00Saturday, 2/19/11: "The Virtual Attic"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/opinion/19sat2.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/19/opinion/19sat2.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg got a new computer and longs for "a stack of 5.25-inch disks and 3.5-inch disks and zip disks and CDs" to remember his old computers by.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-92067725565113273562011-02-19T11:51:00.000-08:002011-02-19T11:53:49.667-08:00Saturday, 2/12/11: "The Mob at the Feeders"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/opinion/13sun4.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/13/opinion/13sun4.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg hates, hates, hates starlings. He "look[s] for a reason to admire them...but it's no use." Seriously, fuck starlings.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-31769631558398841992011-01-16T09:51:00.000-08:002011-01-16T09:55:08.689-08:00Sunday, 1/16/11: "A January Pause"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/opinion/16sun4.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/16/opinion/16sun4.html?ref=verlynklinkenborg</a><br /><br />Now that it is January, it is very cold, <a href="http://verlynklinkenborg.blogspot.com/2010/11/tuesday-11910-seasonal-slippage.html">just as Verlyn Klinkenborg predicted</a>.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-55602273193687147462011-01-02T10:11:00.000-08:002011-01-02T10:15:13.689-08:00Sunday, 1/2/11: "Looking Back"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/opinion/02sun4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/opinion/02sun4.html?_r=1&ref=opinion</a><br /><br />During a seasonal visit from the farrier, Verlyn Klinkenborg thinks about 1936.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-26926319777422213532010-12-11T19:28:00.000-08:002010-12-11T19:32:36.165-08:00Sunday, 12/12/10: "Lost and Found"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/opinion/12sun3.html?ref=verlyn_klinkenborg">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/12/opinion/12sun3.html?ref=verlyn_klinkenborg</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg hates losing things on his farm, but luckily his self-draining hydrant is working fine as of press time.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-23357890111732900472010-12-11T19:27:00.000-08:002010-12-11T19:28:38.776-08:00Monday, 11/29/10: "Night Vision"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/opinion/30tue4.html?ref=verlyn_klinkenborg">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/opinion/30tue4.html?ref=verlyn_klinkenborg</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg walks around his farm at night and concludes that it is hard for him to see in the dark because he is not nocturnal.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-25373401360062302172010-11-09T10:23:00.000-08:002010-11-09T10:26:00.409-08:00Tuesday, 11/9/10: "Seasonal Slippage"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/opinion/09tue4.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/09/opinion/09tue4.html?_r=1&ref=todayspaper</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg just noticed that it is colder now than it was in August, but that January will be even colder!Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-35681906540672930112010-10-27T08:48:00.001-07:002010-10-27T08:51:46.547-07:00Wednesday, 10/27/10: "Moose and Squirrel"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/opinion/27wed4.html?_r=1&th&emc=th">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/27/opinion/27wed4.html?_r=1&th&emc=th</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg's reminiscience on Rocky and Bullwinkle ends very suddenly, almost in midsentence:<br /><blockquote>An entire generation got its first impression of our Soviet rivals from Boris Badenov and Natasha Fatale. The two plotted and bickered and — reassuringly — were always thwarted.</blockquote><br />Does Klinkenborg mean this as another allegory about his failed marriage? Or did he just forget to finish his column?Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-41580237303593387372010-10-19T13:49:00.000-07:002010-10-19T13:52:14.368-07:00Tuesday, 10/19/10: "Hickory Rain"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/opinion/19tue4.html?_r=1&th&emc=th">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/19/opinion/19tue4.html?_r=1&th&emc=th</a><br /><br />Cleverly couched in an extended, superficially inane description of horses, chickens, and hickory nuts is the news that Verlyn Klinkenborg has gotten divorced. :(Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-35786309567529546832010-09-26T10:00:00.000-07:002010-09-26T10:01:33.510-07:00Sunday, 9/26/10: "My Missing Barber"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/opinion/26sun2.html?ref=opinion">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/26/opinion/26sun2.html?ref=opinion</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg's barber retired.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1757948033185598837.post-80877091745007774972010-09-18T09:08:00.000-07:002010-09-18T09:10:51.877-07:00Friday, 9/17/10: "Dark Comes"<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/opinion/18sat4.html?_r=1">http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/18/opinion/18sat4.html?_r=1</a><br /><br />Verlyn Klinkenborg's farm is full of comfortable places -- the hay mound, the chicken house, the beehive -- and he wonders how bees feel.Frankiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12140179230506075392noreply@blogger.com2