•June 7, 2017•

Oh Brother is at it again. And the tenacious quality that has driven him to complete many projects in spite of himself may have gotten the best of the old codger.

It is an adventure that began with a southern Illinois deer deciding to kill my Chevy Cruze and commit suicide one Saturday night on Highway 34 near Karber’s Ridge.

Partner in crime Cindy Clore and I were traveling from a visit with my family and had stayed after dark. Cindy, being a native of the area, warned me of the deer activity just as we topped the hill by the old Elk farm.

It was dark and I took notice. Just as I grabbed the steering wheel with both hands a huge deer appeared in front of me.

Just as we both saw the deer, the deer looked at us-then bam! Air bags exploded and the lady from On-Star was instantly speaking.     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.