When my mother was 81, I wrote her a letter for Mother’s Day. A dozen years later, she’s not cooking much anymore, but she is the Number One reader of this column, and she has saved three boxes of 3x5 recipe cards for her progeny to savor.
- Colleen Stegenga
Farm families know something about showing up. You show up for planting, for calving, for harvest, for neighbors down the road when hail takes their crop. But when it comes to caring for your own aging parents ... the "who does what" can get complicated fast.
- Janelle Atyeo
From time to time, Janice White’s children will call her from their far-flung homes – in Florida and California and Idaho – and ask for a recipe.
- Colleen Stegenga
"Legacy on the farm is often framed as a practical matter. ... But the legacy that lives longest isn’t recorded in deeds or balance sheets. It lives in what we model."
- Brent Olson
I made beef barley soup last week, and I was really glad I'd made the bed. No, this is going to make sense.
- By Ramona J. Ufen of Miller, South Dakota
Como Rural School kids loved parties, and Easter was no exception. They excitedly waited for teachers to judge their costumed paper rabbits and announce the winners.
- Colleen Stegenga
I grew up in rural South Dakota, and I never once saw a wildfire like the ones burning across Nebraska this spring.
- Colleen Stegenga
In a culture that prizes hard workers and rewards those who push through, Thomas Eisenbarth found himself doing exactly that: pushing.
- Janelle Atyeo
When Pleasant Valley Church faces a challenge, members are steadfast in their faith that God will see them through.
- from Avera Health
March is National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, the time of year when you’ll see lots of reminders about colon health and the importance of getting screened for this type of cancer.
- Brent Olson
“You're pretty lucky to be married to someone with the Welsh love of music in his bones,” I said. I don't remember exactly what my wife replied, but I think she agreed.
- Janelle Atyeo
Those living in rural areas know that in a medical emergency, help can be a long way away. One remote country church in central South Dakota recently brought life saving tools a little closer to home.
- Colleen Stegenga
Rural communities value cooperation, helping your neighbor, and putting the good of the community first. These are beautiful values – until they become a trap that leaves you exhausted, resentful, and invisible in your own life.
- from Avera Health
Many adults have felt a twinge or pang of pain in their chest and a natural question comes to mind: Should I be worried?
- Sheri Poore
Cakes and bars, mints and pudding! We've got all the chocolate concoctions for your sweet Valentine!
- Janelle Atyeo
“Why was it that people worked so hard to stay on a bit of land? What was it in us?” Bruce Roseland asked himself after making it through the 1980s farm crisis. His answers became poems.
- Janelle Atyeo
Polish settlers who came to the Dakota Territory in the 1880s practiced their faith in homes and saw a visiting priest once a month. Today, the congregation of St. Joseph Catholic Church is back to meeting montly, but members find ways to foster a community they've been a part of for generations.
- Janelle Atyeo
Prayers on the Prairie is a regular feature of the Tri-State Neighbor, taking the place of the Crop Watchers report during the winter season. If you have a suggestion for a rural church to feature here, contact editor Janelle Atyeo at janelle.atyeo@lee.net.
- Colleen Stegenga
The phone rings in the middle of the night. There's been an accident. Your spouse, your parent, your child, your friend, gone in an instant. No warning. No goodbye. No chance to prepare.
- Colleen Stegenga
It's January. You're sitting at the kitchen table with spreadsheets, loan applications, and a knot in your stomach.
- from Avera Health
Each year, it’s important that you and all members of your family schedule an annual preventive health visit. You may know this as a yearly checkup, physical exam, well-woman exam, well-child visit, and so on. It’s that one chance each year to check in with your primary care provider, even i…
- Janelle Atyeo
My father-in-law used to love driving. Whether it was to the corner convenience store for a cup of coffee and a newspaper or to an out-of-the-way truck stop for soup and pie, Dale Hult loved to going out to eat, seeing other regulars at cafes and teasing waitresses with nonstop dad jokes. Th…
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