Opinion

I stood with a blue marker in my hand writing on the white flip chart paper as I facilitated a community group that was brainstorming all the factors that needed to be true to accomplish their purpose of building stronger community connections.

I cannot grow a beard. Whenever I try, it looks like those photos we all have of our children the first time they grab a pair of scissors and give themselves, or their favorite doll, a haircut: bald spot here, 3 inches of scraggly growth there.

With a promising pheasant opener only ten days away, some shotgun talk is in order today. Is there a best gun? I think so. Picking the right gun is not easy.

Innkeeper, More Ale! Or Blackberry Brandy...Winter is on the Way Can you believe we are still hauling grass clippings to the rubble sight? When Marianne asks me to blow the snow off the lawn so she can mow, that is where I draw the line.

In recent columns, I have addressed the proposed grizzly bear hunt in Wyoming, the planning that went into the hunt, the abundance of bears, and the fact that my late August Wyoming elk hunt would be in the center of the grizzly bear activity. There’s bad news and worse news. First the bad news.

Thanks for the encouraging words I’ve received in regard to the upcoming cataract surgery that I am facing. My doctor was encouraging. In a talk that contained phrases like “a piece of cake”, “a walk in the park”, and “nothing to it,” he described the procedure. Well, of course he was encouraging.

MARK 10:13-15 "And they brought young children unto him, that he should touch them: and his disciples rebuked those that brought them. But when Jesus saw it, he was much displeased, and said unto them, Suffer the little children to come unto me, and forbid them not: for such is the Kingdom of God.

Weather Watch Did you ever notice that there is a country song that will fit just about any occasion? For instance, after we received six or seven inches of rain in two days last week, someone said, “Now I’ve seen everything.

On Friday morning, Sept. 28, a few dozen cowhands will put on their boots and saddle their horses. Custer State Park employees will arise before dawn. And thousands from across the state, country and world will gather, all to continue a 53-year tradition.

With a little over 80 percent of us in the workforce, South Dakota has the country’s highest rate of working moms. I’m proud to have been part of this group, as a farmer and rancher, the owner of a hunting lodge, and a manager at my mom’s restaurant.