Peggy Sanders

I almost feel sorry for people who live where it rains a lot. I don’t know if they understand the blessing of rain. Southwestern South Dakota is designated as arid, defined as receiving less than 13 inches of measurable moisture annually. We are fortunate to live on the Angostura Irrigation Project, giving us the opportunity to grow irrigated corn and alfalfa hay. We sell the corn and most of the hay to the Fall River Feedyard, the largest feedlot in South Dakota. Livestock owners purchase the balance of the hay.

Being a trustee with the state historical society has many perks, and one of them is the stories we hear. I won’t divulge the towns involved. Imagine being a volunteer at the desk of a...

Those beautiful yards which are shown in magazines make me wistful, though it appears the landscaping is in towns and cities. The featured photos are also captured in areas where it rains frequently like Maine, parts of California or even England. I’d like to dare Good Housekeeping or a similar publication to capture such a glorious yard out where it seldom rains and the wind often blows. We do what we can to make our landscapes appealing yet it would be quite a stretch to say they are lush. We know our limitations.

We talk about volunteering quite often and most of the time it is easy to work it into our schedules. But emergency responders have no schedule and it really came to light a few years...

Trying to explain our rural life to urban dwellers who have never lived in a rural area may be met with skepticism, to put it mildly. As a trustee with the South Dakota State Historical...

I thought “everybody” knew about the dangers of keeping perishable food in a hot car without it being in an icy cooler, but I was wrong. When two friends in their 80s came for a visit they ate at Jalapenos, a local restaurant. The wife says she is a connoisseur of chimichangas, a popular dish, and in fact she proclaimed it, “The best I have ever eaten.” Since they are world travelers, she has eaten a lot of them and she knows.

It amazes me and makes me so sad when people do not vote. Yes, one vote makes a difference. In our county commissioner primary, the winner was chosen by one vote. That race is as...

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Have you felt that you were invisible in the eyes of others? A few years ago when the Dakota, Minnesota & Eastern railroad wanted to build a new railway line just one-half mile from our...

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