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Family Reading
Reading to my kids is something that I still haven’t outgrown, even though they have. As my kids got older and started school, I couldn’t give up the reading time I shared with them. When they were small, I read a lot of illustrated children’s books to them. Once they learned to read and began…
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Ag United and South Dakota’s True Environmentalists
Agriculture faces increasing scrutiny from people and organizations that are far-removed from the land and the sources of their food. Our food doesn’t come from a grocery store they’re just the distributors of it. Food comes from crops grown by hard working farming and ranching families. A lot of criticism is stemmed from lack of…
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He Is Risen!
Happy Easter! These three crosses are located in the northeast corner of the Pringle Cemetery. I’ve always enjoyed their presence and seeing them whenever we drive by the cemetery on the back road into Pringle. They’re situated on a hill overlooking the rest of cemetery. Pringle’s cemetery is small and tucked behind our town about…
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The Supper Table: Nourishing a Family Tradition
The one thing I have fought hard to keep as a tradition in my household is having meals together as a family; most especially supper. In today’s busy world, I am shocked that sitting down together as a family is not a priority with a lot of families. Many allow busy schedules to infringe on…
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Calving Season Suppers
Once calving season is in full swing, the thought of fixing supper gets to be a drag and a hassle. Since my energy and concentration starts to dwindle around suppertime, I try to simplify feeding my family by relying heavily on my crockpot to do a lot of my cooking for me (actually I have two crockpots)….
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Coffee Cake in a Cup
Have you ever had a craving for just a piece of chocolate cake but didn’t want to make a whole cake that’s not only hard to stay away from but also dirties up a lot of dishes? I discovered the perfect solution to such dilemma from our former Extension 4-H Youth Educator. She demonstrated to…
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Calving 2012
Over the past week and a half, some of our kids’ cows finally had their calves and Wednesday, the most important cow in the whole herd finally calved. Annabelle, currently our only Hereford cow and the kids’ first bucket calf that started their herd, had her calf. Every calving season it’s a big deal in…
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