News and commentary by Fred Owens in LaConner, a small town in the Skagit Valley. The story behind the name: There was once a grocery store in a quonset hut, run by Mr. Grobschmidt. Clyde, an old drunk who lived out on the river, thought that Mr. Grobschmidt looked like a frog, so he took to calling the store the "Frog Hospital." Now the quonset hut, Mr. Grobschmidt, and Clyde are all gone -- only this blog survives to carry on the Frog Hospital tradition.
The sky in Vernon, Texas, is big. In fact, when you are there, you are standing in the sky; only you're feet are on the ground.
The culture of Vernon is trend-free. Trends, like a California rain storm, dry up as they come across the plains, leaving Vernon untouched. Vernon simply is.
Vernon is also the birthplace and hometown of Roy Orbison.
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