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Glorious Fourth of July, 1933

February 21, 2015July 2, 2014

As the Fourth of July approaches, I thought you might enjoy a re-posting of a few excerpted July 4 entries from various years of my Great Aunt Hattie’s diaries. All of the entries below were written from her farm and ranch in Hidden Timber, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, and here is a video …

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Categories Aunt Hattie, Historical Diaries Tags South Dakota, video 4 Comments

Poem for April 11, 1922: Hubby Says No!

February 23, 2015April 11, 2014
Team of seventeen-year-old mares pulling a load of hay, 1940

My / duty to go but hubby / says No! and so No! it was.

Categories Found Poetry Tags South Dakota

The Battle of Bonesteel

February 24, 2015February 2, 2013

TROOPS ORDERED TO START FOR BONESTEEL: Vigilantes Round Up 100 Bad Men and Ship Them Away

Categories Oscar's Gift Reading Guide Tags South Dakota

Shedding the Energizer Bunny Costume

February 23, 2015October 2, 2012
Road to family farm

What is your inner pace of life? How do you honor it and keep it from being overwhelmed by today’s distractions, digital and otherwise?

Categories slow living Tags South Dakota 2 Comments

Flash Narrative Tuesday: Anticipation

May 23, 2017April 26, 2011

The bed is higher than their bed at home, the pillow ruffled and plumped and delightful. Through the open window she hears the occasional clip clop of a horse and buggy and snippets of conversation and laughter and someone singing, far away.

Categories Flash Narratives Tags South Dakota 10 Comments
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