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Thank You, America
Today feels like it has lasted approximately 47 hours already, and it’s barely 3:30. Probably because I got up at 5 a.m., dropped Tara off at the airport exactly one hour later, and then drove an hour+ to Spearfish for a 7.5-mile roundtrip hike to the top of Crow Peak and back. And then I…
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Fried Hitchhikers
Today was a very, very good day. I had to run errands on my lunch hour (and by “running errands,” I mean, stopping by the liquor store for a bottle of tequila and a four-pack of New Belgium sour beers…don’t judge), so I didn’t have time to make lunch at home as I normally would.…
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80° in November
It was 80° today. I mentioned this to a friend in Washington state, and she straight up did not believe me. I don’t blame her; I’d be doubtful upon hearing that, too. It’s November. In South Dakota. These things just don’t happen. And then, when I pulled into the driveway, the sky did this. A…
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Lost in the shuffle of all this who’s-our-next-president? uncertainty today (though it seems pretty clear to me) is the fact that South Dakota, which went to Trump with 59% of the vote, actually passed ballot measures legalizing both medical and recreational marijuana. Though I voted for both, I didn’t really believe they would pass in…
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Put it in D
When I turned 18, I registered to vote as a Republican. Not because of any deeply ingrained political leanings; I knew very little about politics back then. My parents were Republicans, and so was Alex P. Keaton. That was good enough for me. I cast my first-ever vote for president for George H.W. Bush. Senior,…
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A Bizarro World of Miniature Cows
Today felt like bizarro world, because it was light instead of dark when I took my early morning walk before work, and dark instead of light on my commute home from work. Also, I wrote an article about cows today. Actual paragraph: “We have a waiting list for our meat,” Jim shares. “Because it’s an…
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