Memorial Day: The last Monday in May that is a national holiday in the U.S. honoring members of the armed forces who died in wars. — Merriam Webster Dictionary A tall, metal arch with lighted brick pillars on each side guides visitors down the walkway to...
Progress: A movement toward a goal or to a further or higher stage: the progress of a student toward a degree. – Dictionary.com About 8,000 South Dakota public high school seniors are walking across the graduation stage this month to applause, whistles and cheers....
Beauty: The quality or aggregate of qualities in a person or thing that gives pleasure to the senses or pleasurably exalts the mind or spirit; loveliness. – Merriam Webster Dictionary Out where the old windmill once pulled up cool, precious water for survival on...
Giant: A person or thing of unusually great size, power, importance, etc.; major figure; legend. – Dictionary.com When Ole Rolvaag wrote “Giants in the Earth” in 1924, he was describing Norwegian immigrants who were trying to start a new life in Dakota Territory...
Fake news: A type of hoax, a deliberate spread of misinformation (false information), be it via the traditional print or broadcasting news media or via Internet-based social media. To qualify as fake news, a story has to be written and published with the intent...
Lexophile: a lover of words. – DefinitionOf A friend often sends humorous notes by email. “I stayed up all night to see where the sun went, and then it dawned on me.” A day or two earlier, he sent this: “Did you hear about the cross-eyed teacher who lost her job...
