It’s come to my notice over the past several years that there’s a new word in vogue. That word is “perfect,” said with a perky lilt or followed by an exclamation point in an email or text message. Other words have had their day: Awesome! Cool! Amazing!
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Laura Tonkyn has spent 40 years becoming as self-sufficient as possible with her jack-of-all-trades husband, Art, on their eight-acre homestead in the Black Hills of South Dakota. She has written/edited for a number of local/regional papers, including the Rapid City Journal and Faces Magazine. Reach her at laura.tonkyn@gmail.com.





