My mother dedicated her life to teaching.   Not just teaching,  but reaching out to those left behind in America’s broad educational...

Heroes come in all kinds of packages.   In fact,  many heroes are not even recognized  –  least of all during their own lifetimes.   But...

The Standing Rock Sioux Reservation in North Dakota was in the headlines last fall and winter because of Native American demonstrations...

Two hundred years after the first Pilgrims, Dutch East Indian employees and English Cavaliers arrived on these shores (and began the...

Many years ago there was a pretty good sitcom on network TV called “Welcome Back, Kotter”. The scripts were funny, the acting was good –...

October is Pow Wow month in the Black Hills, when one of the largest pow wows in North America is held annually. For various reasons –...

When I fall in love with an author – which I do with some regularity – it is passionately, deeply, obsessively. I set out immediately to...

I’ve written about this subject before (Wide Open Spaces, Jan 2013) but it is never far from my mind because I not only live in what has...

People are funny. You can quote me on that if you’d like. As a travel professional I have frequent opportunities to indulge my passion...

October is pow wow time here in the Black Hills. One of the largest annual pow wows in the country is staged right here in Rapid City the...

A long-time friend recently commented after reading our latest newsletter, that I was really doing a lot on reservations these days. She...