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‘tis the season of giving

Published by admin on Thu, 12/26/2019 - 10:52am

Christmas is here.

There are many things that I love about this time of year — decorating cookies, watching Christmas movies and spending time with loved ones.

But there’s another part of Christmas that I love.

This is the time of year to give back to your fellow man, to lend a hand to those who are less fortunate than us.

And the Hills have a plethora of ways to give back.

My tough little chicks!

Published by admin on Thu, 12/19/2019 - 10:57am

So a very cool friend of mine had to get rid of her chickens and asked me to take them.

I have always wanted chickens but right now is so not the best time for me to have them. Yet I went over there about two weeks ago to pick them up. I watched my friend trying to round them up — I certainly wasn’t about to get pecked to death and didn’t dare try to touch them.

A journalist looks at 26

Published by admin on Thu, 12/12/2019 - 11:27am

So my 26th birthday is Monday (please hold all applause until the end).

My 26 years on earth have been interesting, for sure. Like everyone, I’ve experienced very high highs and very low lows.

I’ve learned a lot. As a lifelong learner it’s imperative that I learn from my mistakes. Sure, my girlfriend wishes that I didn’t need to make mistakes to learn obvious lessons, but, apparently, that’s not how I roll.

‘Tis the season for ice

Published by admin on Thu, 12/05/2019 - 9:41am

‘Tis the season! For ice climbing that is!

Yep, my favorite season is here and I have already been out exploring our Black Hills ice. 

My partners and I ventured out into the wilderness to climb a 100 foot ice climb known as the Harney flow. (I asked the questions if it’s now called the Black Elk Peak flow but got no response.)

Keep your dollars local this year

Published by admin on Wed, 11/27/2019 - 9:44am

Leslie was right: I do have something special cooking for this week.

Thanksgiving, as you well know, is Thursday. The day after that, Black Friday, represents a major retail-spending day for those big box stores and other national chains.

But there are two other “holidays” after that which mean a lot to local communities.

Keystone is the bestest!

Published by admin on Wed, 11/20/2019 - 4:58pm

Gray must have something delicious cooking for you next week, because he’s asked me to write back-to-back columns. And I knew exactly what I wanted to write about...I figured I’d fill you in on how cool Keystone is year-round.

Now I know you all know Keystone is the best place to hang out in the summer...we have the best museum in the Hills (and it’s free!). We have like a gazillion ice cream stores. And of course the largest mirror maze north of the Texas border.

Let’s not fall backwards anymore

Published by admin on Thu, 11/14/2019 - 11:38am

So I have a brilliant idea on how to unite the country. Well, two really.

This column will focus on the most important...the dreaded fall back!

I don’t know if it means I’m for daylight saving or against daylight saving (that’s more confusing than background checks for gun owners).

Combating the ‘holiday creep’

Published by admin on Thu, 11/07/2019 - 12:20pm

I think either Carol or Bev wrote about this very phenomenon a couple of years ago, but I think it’s worth revisiting.

As you very well know, last Thursday was Halloween. You know Halloween—the holiday where kids get dressed up and walk door-to-door asking for candy. The holiday where horror movies are as common as flies on a buffalo. The very holiday that caps the time of the year that is now know by today’s youth as #SpookySzn.

Tick, tock, tick, tock

Published by admin on Thu, 10/31/2019 - 12:03pm

The saying goes “time flies when you’re having fun,” so does that mean as I’m getting older I’m having more fun? Because time is flying.

My snow tires are back on my car...I swear they just same off. Granted they didn’t come off until June this year, but still! 

'We are all Americans'

Published by admin on Thu, 10/24/2019 - 10:57am

There has been, uh, a lot happening in the national news as of late.

There’s an impeachment inquiry that, whether you believe our president should be impeached or not, will have major political ramifications for years to come. Vaping has lead to more deaths. Jennifer Aniston joined Instagram and posted a picture of a reunion of the “Friends” cast. These are all things that seemed to have received equal coverage in our national media, but that’s a different column for a different day.