The Opener
Celebrates the excitement of the opening weekend of pheasant season as a tradition passed down through generations.
6th and Medary
Notes the main crossroad of a college town, where students experience the intersection of youth and adulthood.
Coyote Song
Describes the importance of periodically leaving an urban existence behind to reconnect with nature through camping.
All Went Wrong
Centers on a pivotal night in the life of a Brookings bartender while describing the eclectic characters that served as the lounge’s regulars.
Driveway
Explores a farm girl’s changing impression of her wide-open surroundings and small hometown through three stages
of life.
Beebe St. Baby
Remembers visiting a love in Chamberlain.
The Flowing
Contrasts the passion of young love against the languid pace of a small town with the Missouri River providing release.
Stay the Same
Addresses how “real life” forces change … that distance and less employment opportunity can impede things that mean so much to Dakotans.
Trashin’ SoDak
Posits, with tongue in cheek, that South Dakotans don’t mind people joking about their home as long as the tourism dollars continue to flow while the population remains small.
Hwy 34 (Hayes to Bear Butte)
Considers thoughts on this drive that reflect and remind a person of the vastness of South Dakota.
Annie Creek Road
Illustrates the compelling history of the Black Hills and how it still can be discovered, and felt, today.
Dam Run
Captures the spirit of “cruising” as an expression of freedom for young people, in this case referring specifically to the 17-mile run taking a driver from Pierre across the face of the Oahe Dam and then back to Fort Pierre alongside the river.
No Town at All
Reflects the disappearing towns of rural South Dakota.
Street Dance
Recalls the silly, the stupid, the strange but exciting, indelible memories of street dances.
Spink County
Tells the story of a Spink County girl who never found it as easy as those around her to have faith in God, but who understood the value of an accepting community and its mores.
