Front Porch Musings: Put down the phone.

You already know the feeling. You're sitting somewhere worth sitting — a porch, a favorite chair in your den — and instead of being there, you're scrolling. Not looking for anything in particular. ...

Ringnecks and Roosters

South Dakota has a way of reminding you that you’re a mere guest in a land built on big skies, bigger winds, endless rows of cut or tall-standing corn, and birds that seem to run a sub-4 forty.  As...

250 Years Later: Meck Dec

If there’s one thing Americans love, it’s being first. First in flight (looking at you, Wright brothers), first to invent the lightbulb (Edison, anyone?), and of course, first to declare independen...