Saturday, May 4, 2024
Little Pasture on the Prairie

Little Pasture on the Prairie

dough

Eliza Blue shares an excerpt from her book, “Accidental Rancher,” about making Lefse.
puppy

Having two puppies at the same time is the kind of treachery reserved for the truly brave or the slightly unhinged, Eliza Blue is doing it nonetheless.
Nigerian dwarf goat

Instead of spending February making bottles and washing the diapers of two cute baby goats, Eliza Blue will be chasing a super stinky baby daddy around. 
Clun Forest sheep

Eliza Blue finds the perfect breed of sheep for her ranch.
pickled cucumbers

It’s that time of year again — time to put up your garden goods or say goodbye to whatever is left.
sunset

Kevin Locke, Tokeya Inajin, was a preeminent player of the indigenous flute, traditional Lakota storyteller, culture bearer, recording artist and educator.
fall leaves

Eliza Blue ponders the splendor of autumn.
prairie flowers

Eliza Blue is struck by the simplicity and beauty of telling herself, “You are making too big a deal of this.”
pink baby booties

Eliza Blue ruminates on the beautiful and brutal time in her life when she was parenting very small children.
rainbow in South Dakota

The folks who live and work on the Dakota plains have to be as resilient and deeply rooted as the grasses that thrive here.