Ranch Wife's Slant

Category: South Dakota Humor

  • Setting the Record Straight

    Reading about the “Pringle Compound,” or the FLDS (Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints) compound disgusts me. Pringle does not have a compound! We have excellent food, a pool table, and beer at the popular Hitchrail (of which owner/award-winning Chef Dennis Boitnott, recommends making reservations), a sand plant, the Pringle Poacher Car on…

  • It’s Rhubarb Season!

      One of my favorite summer treats is having rhubarb. For those who have never experienced tasting rhubarb, it’s very tart, and like chokecherries, it’s consumed after it’s been cooked with sugar. Rhubarb is an easy to grow perennial plant that’s popular in our area and freezes really well. It has a very distinct, unforgettable…

  • Prairie Berry Winery: A Black Hills Attraction for Adults

    I’m more of a steak and beer chick but if there’s an opportunity to sample and learn about other varieties of alcohol for free I’m no dummy, I’m going to call up a friend or two, enjoy a little wine tasting, and eat lunch there. A frugal knows a good deal when she finds one….

  • My Elk Hunting Trophy

    I’ve gone to our county library for many things but never to learn how properly brag about the bull elk I harvested. Obviously, this is not an impressive way to show off the bull I shot. My elk horns are used mostly for hanging junk on the shop. The head librarian at our library is…

  • Ranchdaze

    I’ve been frequenting a new blog site lately called Ranchdaze by a fellow ranch wife, friend, co-worker, girlfriend trip cohort, and mother of boys. My friend JoAnn recently started her own blog and it’s full of humor, photos, stories and a handful of quotes. It’s worth a click and a browse. I got acquainted with…

  • Cultivating Some South Dakota Humor

    If you enjoy meeting South Dakotans and learning about places in South Dakota, or like listening to radio talk shows that make you laugh, you should definitely give The Rock Garden Tour your ears. Oh yeah, the show also discusses horticulture stuff in the most unusual ways. The hour long program is an affiliate of…

  • Imperfect Christmas Trees

    A big part of our Christmas traditions is getting the tree, which always creates unique memories. We’re fortunate enough to harvest our own in the woods of the Black Hills. Most years we’ve gathered a pine tree right off our property. A few times I insisted on a spruce, which entailed getting a tree permit…

  • Go With An Easy Gate

    Trying to reason with a difficult gate is like talking to a post. Every gate has a different personality and when I have to get a gate, I find myself talking to it.   I don’t always talk nice to them either; many try my patience. I get along with some gates better than others, like…

  • Work Mess Code

    At different times in the past, I held short-lived jobs requiring dress clothes.  Picking out different outfits for inside work was by far, the toughest part of those jobs. Making a decision on slacks and tops everyday was no Sunday picnic for me, and I developed withdrawals from jeans and sweatshirt comfort. That’s why the…

  • The Pringle Poacher Car

      The 2010 opening weekend of elk season began on Oct. 1st for hunters with bull elk tags. In true Pringle Poacher fashion, Saturday, October 2nd was the night of the Pringle Poacher Party. As part of Pringle’s sense of humor, the town commemorates the tongue-in-cheek organization called the Pringle Poacher Association. It’s mostly an…