Embrace those who disagree
Eliza Blue considers viewpoints in line with her own and those that starkly contrast her values at the South Dakota Festival of the Book.
The best roads are the ones that lead you back home
From yellowing leaves to migrating geese, the prairie signals an early autumn. After a summer of travel, homecomings — and homegrown tomatoes — await.
Helping others is its own reward
A final harvest at the community garden brought potatoes, beets and joy, despite relentless mosquitoes.
Even the longest winter will end
Reflecting on Imbolc and the "Keeping Kith" project, Eliza Blue explores the halfway point of winter, rural life, and finding hope beneath the snow.
The legend of the Bloody Shoulder
Eliza Blue shares the legend of the Bloody Shoulder marking after getting her daughter a horse with it.
There is nothing sweeter than healthy baby lambs
Lately, the early morning and late night flock checks and bottle feedings have been a pleasure for Eliza Blue.
The perfect sheep
Eliza Blue finds the perfect breed of sheep for her ranch.
Questionable decisions for the love of lambs
Eliza Blue adopts four orphaned lambs on top of the ones bred on her farm, making it an interesting, hectic and still-manageable lambing season.
The milk sheep with no milk
Eliza Blue finds herself bottle feeding a lamb from an ewe with no milk, despite being a breed known for producing milk.
Enjoying a summer road trip — corn sweats and all
A muggy road trip, fly battles, corn sweat, and outdoor theater—travel tales from a folk opera tour that’s full of heat, humor and unexpected hospitality.
