Prairie Potholes:  Stories of Life

A first dusting of snow usually arrives for us sometime in October, but this year the drought persisted and Mother Nature waited until...

Isn't she lovely? As I was doing household chores the other day, I walked by the picture window and glimpsed what I thought was a large...

I am told a few weeks ahead of time that we will have to move cows home as soon as there is a break in the cold weather. Kevin has...

. ' . . .I head out on a moonless night to a lonely spot on the prairie to take pictures of the Milky Way, a thing of wonder I’ve been...

I haven't picked up my camera in several months. I purchased a new lens at the beginning of January and just never got around to even...

LIVE HRD. Californians get a bad rap. I don’t often take advice from them but when I was wandering downtown Billings yesterday looking...

I’ve considered trying to get through a day only by saying movie quotes or recitations from Walt Whitman. What an inspiring world that...

No one ever thinks about the virtues of a rockhound. They are easily amused on long walks down rural gravel roads, you can buy them the...

I don't often tell Danish Cowboy when there are upcoming Federal Reserve holidays because he is an opportunist and I always have big...

I am often amazed at how different Danish Cowboy and I really are. I love to verbalize in writing, he in spoken word. I still get a...

I always find it amusing that I can meander around for a few hours on a cold winter afternoon, snapping photos, getting some really great...

“People will come, Ray. The one constant through all the years, Ray, has been baseball. America has rolled by like an army of...

I did it again. I was out running, loping along on a two track trail, warily watching my footsteps for rattlesnakes in the path and as I...

This is a picture of my husband but it's not a picture of my kid. I didn't even know the kid's name until 2 weeks ago and now this image...

I've heard it said so many times that it's almost cliche. "The horse is a mirror to your soul." "Your horse is a reflection of who you...

Montana was big on Saturday. I envision you chuckling to yourself. "Montana's always big," I hear you say. No, it's not really. She...

Our family recently took a trip that will not soon be forgotten. We spent plenty of time on the beach learning about waves, my daughter...

​ The metaphor comes from a magician's ability to use a series of mirrors and a disruptive, distracting burst of smoke to make things...

I've always encouraged my kids to be dreamers. Having been accused of being one myself, I know the value in dreams: sometimes they come...

So here's a story to wrap your head around. There's this guy. He shows up at our house every month or two on his way from a Bakken oil...