When Mom and Dad got married back in the 1930s, they didn’t have much of anything. Whether we know it from experience or from stories told to us by others, we know the Depression was a tough time for a lot of people. Mom and Dad couldn’t afford a wedding so they loaded up the…

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Terry and I spent last weekend in Chicago, a trip that has taken on the essence of tradition for us this time of year. I grew up in a small city of about 75,000 in Missouri and he grew up on a farm in eastern South Dakota so any trip any time to Chicago is…

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It was the introductory year for the Barbie doll. All of the girls were abuzz about it, just hoping against hope that they would each get their own. Now, I have to admit, I never was much into playing with dolls. I did have a “Tiny Tears” baby doll that I played with a bit,…

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I had the pleasure of serving as the press secretary for a governor of South Dakota. He was a good man, a man of integrity, and celebrated for both. Like any one of us, he had personal challenges as well as the public ones. And as we would talk about what he might share with…

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