A Cow’s Life

If it weren’t for the last few steps it wouldn’t be so bad to be a cow. Whenever I drive by cows in a field, they are lounging around on soft grass, more or less worried about nothing. A light wind gently brushes their hair, and the warm summer sun around them looks pretty good from my perspective.

Little Pasture on the Prairie: End of Summer

It’s hard not to get nostalgic this time of year. Beneath the high heat, there’s something new lingering on the edges. The back-to-school vibes abound. The earth still smells of baking bread at midday, but now the fields carry the unmistakable scent of curing leaves.

Thanks for the great experience

A flat tire and seized lug nuts north of Isabel Wednesday mid-afternoon severely altered our travel plans to Kool Deadwood Nites. It all started with a young Good Samaritan from Rapid City who stopped to help, to no avail…. He gave us a ride to Isabel (“….I won’t leave you stranded…”).

Letter to the Editor: School Safety

The Timber Lake School District recently invested in training its staff with the Comprehensive School Threat Assessment Guidelines (CSTAG) Behavioral Threat Assessment (BTA) Training.

Little Pasture on the Prairie

I am on the road playing release shows for my new album, The Grass Widow, this week. Please enjoy a little missive from back before I had human children and was raising my first equine child. Lady Jane is growing up so fast– just like all babies.

Letter to the Editor: Thanks for great celebration

We just want to say thank you for the great celebration of the Days of 1910. Everyone does an outstanding job and we are especially glad to see so many young people doing their part to make the weekend successful.

Stray Thoughts: Leveling Up

To pass any class, you must at minimum do the following: show up, do the minimum, and don’t interfere with others. But if you want to do better than simply pass the class, there are a few more things you can do to guarantee the level at which you will succeed.

Back to School

Here it is, August. Summer has flown by and already there is Halloween candy roaming the shelves of Walmart. For most of us, August also brings the normal adjustment of transitioning back to the school year.

Stray Thoughts: A note to begin the school year

Students… Every year begins the same way. Summer is ending and school is starting. You are as ready as you can be for a change. New people, new situations, new experiences. But you always wonder about the same old things. Will my same old friends be back again this year?

Little Pasture on the Prairie

I am on the road playing release shows for my new album, The Grass Widow, this week. But exciting things are happening at home during my absence – a new colt is coming to live with us!