Outerwear: Garments, as raincoats, worn over other clothing for warmth or protection; overclothes. – Dictionary.com Anticipating colder weather, I stopped in a men’s clothing store looking for a winter jacket since I didn’t find one under the Christmas tree. My...
Santa Claus: A plump, white-bearded and red-suited old man in modern folklore who delivers presents to children at Christmastime; also called Santa. – Merriam Webster Dictionary Clamorous kids romped and ran everywhere, like grade-school recess the last day of...
Sending a Christmas card: “Even if the recipient never reciprocates, or tosses it in the trash with nary a glance, the act of sending it helps make me more human.” – Cheryl Magness, Reporter Online So, is this the year we send a Christmas card to cousin Kevin? My...
Gary Munsen: “If I wouldn’t have won some state titles, I don’t think I would have been in Mitchell that long. I don’t know. Maybe I would have gotten fired, or run out of town.” — 1999 interview. In South Dakota, you don’t have to be a basketball fan to...
Politics: The art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies. – Groucho Marx Let’s be Democratic about this. All of those favoring a pay raise for South Dakota legislators, raise your hands. Hmmmm. I don’t...
’Twas the night before Thanksgiving, And not a wink of sleep, Facing another fractious debate, It almost makes me weep. It’s not about the turkey, Or all the work that’s pressing, It’s about what’s inside the bird, Do we call it stuffing or dressing? Of the...
