ROGER E. KULL

Along with his talents as an incredible artist, Roger Kull is an accomplished author.  His book, "Lightning Struck My Family Tree,".  

Roger says, "Life is strange in a funny way.  I've often marveled at the twists and turns that I've encountered on my way to God knows where.  I'm not trying to be philosopher simply because I don't have it in me.  I guess that I'm just not serious enough. It runs in the family.

My Dad was the funniest man that I ever knew.  He wasn't slapstick or a practical joker...at least not intentionally.  He had suffered the hardest lessons that life had to offer and had somehow survived.  There was hardly a physical or an emotional pain that didn't pierce his heart at one time or another.  But that's not what this is all about.

This is about survial, frustration, layalty, love and all the things that make us we turn out to be.  My point, which must seem vague, is that through it all, my Dad had the greatest sense of humor that I had ever encountered.  He told stories about his father and he told stories about his friends.  He laughed about himself, which few can do...and everyone listened!  He enjoyed telling and re-telling what had happened in his life. 

...Even though my Dad had little of material value to leave behind, he left me with something far greater.  He gave me his life...and stories and experiences of our family together.  and thank God...he gave me the ablity to laugh about it all."