Opinion

Life expectancy is a measure commonly considered when it comes to the overall health of a population.

Lately my teenager has been fascinated by medical dramas. Although my “doctor self” is usually rolling my eyes throughout the program, it’s often a good conversation starter. One recent show featured a pregnant woman who experienced one medical crisis after another.

Let’s say that at the Friday night social down at the country club, someone you thought was a friend had one too many drinks and blabbed it around that during his and your wife’s college days, your wife was a loose-moraled fluzzie and party animal.

PROVERBS 30: 5,6 "Every word of God is pure, he is a shield unto them that put their trust in him. Add thou not unto his words, lest he remove thee, and thou be found a liar."(KJV) We have seen in this day and age that there are many folks who think that there are errors in the Bible.

If I were to relate the two greatest shots I ever made, you might attribute them to pure luck, and you might be right. What’s more amazing is missing the two easiest shots I ever had in my entire hunting career. The two shots were at a deer and a turkey.

Dear Editor: I just came across a bit of information in my March/April, 2022 issue of the South Dakota Magazine. On page 13, there is a picture of a field with the fence line full of tumble weeds (Russian thistles). These "tumblin' tumble weeds" were not found in North America until 1877.

The saying goes “time heals all wounds”, but what happens when a wound does not heal? Wounds go through many stages while healing and complications at any step can prolong the process. The first step is stopping the bleeding.

Perhaps this has happened to you: Your recent cough kept you up for another night, so you went to the doctor.

In my 50 years of penning this column, I’ve incurred the wrath of my readership on only three occasions. The most recent related to my suggesting that herbicides might be relate to our pheasant decline. I won’t apologize for that as I just don’t know.

For well over 200 years, a stretch along the Connecticut River has been the heart of our nation’s firearms industry. This area was appropriately known as “Gun Valley.