Month: April 2015

These are the three things I enjoy most about North Dakota’s outdoors: Wading across the Little Missouri River with my hiking shoes slung over my shoulder, on my way to a silent day hiking in the Bad Lands wilderness. Watching my dog lean into a patch of brush, just a glimpse of red feathers under … Continue reading The Artificiality Of Our Outdoor Experience

Let me start with this. I was sitting in my recliner last Sunday evening watching a rerun of the old Lawrence Welk show from the 1960s. It was one of Lawrence‘s “theme shows” and the theme this week was Los Angeles. As the show neared an end, after renditions of surfer songs and Hollywood movie … Continue reading We Cleaned Up The Air But We Couldn’t Clean Up The Politicians

Here's an updated version of a story I wrote here a month or so, and for Dakota Country magazine's current issue.   Now we know that there will be no bighorn sheep season in North Dakota this year, for the first time since 1983. Nor will there be one in the foreseeable future. So, add … Continue reading Well, We Were Warned . . .