Time to head back to South Dakota. It was a very good five day trip to my hometown and back again. In five days, I squeezed in… A night out with the girls! An afternoon with my best friend! My cousin’s wedding and reception! A day at the Anchor Festival with sisters and more cousins! […]
Shipping Farmer’s Wife Poems!
Putting my poem up for sale was a bit nerve wracking artistically and logistically. When I listed the poem on Facebook, I had never done much shipping before. In hindsight, I should have looked into that first – before coming up with a price. Lesson learned! I learned a bit about packing, shipping and keeping […]
Poem #1: So God Made a Farmer’s Wife
Remember the Super Bowl commercial this year featuring Paul Harvey’s by Ram Trucks? The commercial was several minutes long and it featured farmers and pretty farmland across America. It was quite touching for lots of folks. It made me tear up just a bit, too! A few months after the commercial aired, I got to […]
Columns: officially “syndicated”
The De Smet News + The Lake Preston Times = “Syndicated” Last month, for the first time, The Lake Preston Times and The De Smet News both ran one of my columns. Technically, now I am a “syndicated columnist.” The word syndicated is a joy to any writer’s ears. That means you write something once and it […]
Column: Hard lessons from blizzards
My third column ran in the De Smet News while I was home visiting my family and working on wedding plans. This one was fun for me to write, but not so fun to live out. The article is a little bit dirty because I actually had to dig it out of the trash! Since I […]
First Press Release in SD: 40,000+ views
South Dakota Communications Work: Getting started as a communications professional and writer in a new area often requires doing a little “pro-bono” work to get started. This spring, I had a chance to donate some of my time to the Kingsbury County Cattlemen’s Association. The group donated $2,500 to the new Cow-Calf Unit to be built at […]
The Advocate: Old Habits Die Hard
I formally ended my time as the Youth Columnist and Co-Editor of The Youth Page at The Cattleman’s Advocate in December of 2012. I handed the reins to a very hesitant, but capable, younger sister Savannah. She is doing an excellent job. Before she took on the title of Youth Columnist she made me promise […]
Column: Moving with the Cattle Trailer!
Last week, my second article was published in The De Smet News. I am enjoying writing for this hometown South Dakota paper. The staff at The News have been encouraging to me as a writer and wonderful at welcoming me as newcomer into their town. The picture is the proof: we really did use the […]
First Column in the De Smet News
Click on this scanned photo of my very, very first article to read.
Why Blog?
During the last month, two ladies I really respect have suggested that I start a blog. Both times, I’ve thought to myself, “Ahhh, that would be a good idea.” Thanks to their encouragement, here it is, a blog! It has already been two months since my graduation from the University of Missouri. Time really does […]

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