[Un]Cannery Row

the teeming underbelly of the South Dakota prairie

Saturday, March 22, 2025

The Spring of My Discontent

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It’s early spring on the Row, and the sky is full of honking geese. The robins, grackles, and starlings are back in South Dakota. The colleg...
Friday, October 4, 2024

It takes ALL the villagers...

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CAUTION: This is about death. A little bit. Recently, our long-time friend and community stalwart, we’ll call him Bob (not his real name), ...
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Monday, May 27, 2024

The Good, Hard Lessons

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They say that everyone who comes into your life is there for a reason. If that’s true, there must have been a million reasons I needed to kn...
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Tuesday, January 16, 2024

Dear Jack Blizzard - is that all you've got?!?

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You can’t live in South Dakota and not talk about the weather, especially this time of year. Jack Blizzard stomped across the state in the f...
Sunday, October 22, 2023

In the name of...

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I’ll keep this short because honestly, I don’t know what to say. I’m heartsick and kind of paralyzed by the war in the Middle East. And it I...
Friday, August 25, 2023

Cottage Industry

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Our Little Town is bustling with activity! Kids of all ages are back in school, the squirrels are stashing walnuts as fast as they can drop ...
Sunday, June 4, 2023

Better check that warranty...

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I’ll be 67 on my next birthday. With age, wisdom, and one of the wise revelations I’ve had recently is that like an LG front-loading washer,...
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Prairie-dweller, English teacher, writer of poems
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