Listen to That Bluegrass I'm Missin'
Parked on Hurley Butte
Outside Interior, South Dakota
Some call it the sweetest sound ever to slide down an ear canal. Others refer to it as “that damn chicken scratch music”. Have a listen to what I’m missing out here on the Plains…
Now You Know the Mule I Know
Larry Harvey with his mule “I Know”
North of Hill City, SD
Larry rolled his mule to a stop with a soft, “Whoa, I Know”. Click here to learn more about Larry and his mule I Know
Into the Badlands
Into “les mauvais terrers a traverser”
Outside Scenic, SD
The early french trappers called it “les mauvais terrers a traverser” which in mule-traveler speak translates into “bad land to travel across”. This week mule Polly and I entered the South Dakota Badlands….
Listen to Linda Kramer Talk Prairie Balds
Linda Kramer
South of Rochford, SD
Why would a priest save a bald spot?
Click here to listen to Linda Kramer’s story…
The Sound of Tree Wind
The last week of May
South of Rochford, SD
Memorial Day’s over. It’s supposed to be warm. But out here at 6000 feet in South Dakota, well, you’ve just gotta listen to it…
Snow and the Mysterious Capt'n Peanut
‘Ol Captain Peanut
Outside Rochford, SD
I woke up in the Black Hills this morning. They were white. ‘Ol Captain Peanut Lips warned me I shouldn’t put to sea…
The Prairie is Not Forgiving
Lone Ponderosa
South of Rochford, SD
“The prairie is not forgiving. Anything that is shallow – the easy optimism of the homesteaders… the trees whose roots don’t reach ground water – will dry up and blow away.”
Kathleen Norris, “Dakota”
Hair Care for a 21 Square Foot Home
Memorial Day 2008: A day for recanting
South of Rochford, SD
Happy Memorial Day! Polly and I have arrived in South Dakota this week to resume the Lost Sea Expedition. Now I’m tackling hair care in my new 21-square foot home.
Draft Hair Care
A day for recanting
What do Einstein, Jesus, Halley’s comet, spacebombs and Mark Spitz have in common? And just what does this have to do with tight living quarters aboard a mule wagon? Click here, for the story….
First Dino Sighting
Walking the Dino
South of Midland, SD
Arggggg!!! Polly and I are trailering from North Carolina to Hill City, South Dakota to resume the Lost Sea Expedition. Today, seen strolling outside Midland, South Dakota, are the first signs of prehistoric life.
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