Dave

  • Midsummers

    There’s something about a summer sky that calls one to think of what is good.  There is too much talk about what is bad.  That’s plain enough listening to NPR in the morning or the evening news.  Too bad folk… Continue reading

  • Marble

    Our ghosts follow us more often than we think, or want. I told my grandmother, “Get in touch with me after you die.” If existence after death is real. I’ve never heard from her. A church attender who is trying… Continue reading

  • Standing Rock 2018

    A twenty-hour drive and I am back home on a sunny and clear Sunday morning.  Such a drive allows much time for reflection.  The last few weeks of visiting reservations of this ancient land, having many conversations, and living with… Continue reading

  • Standing Rock 2018

    I’ve known about the Mandan people for more time than most westerners west of the Rockies.  Mostly because I married into a North Dakota family.  As one might suspect my knowledge was rather lacking as a white non-Native marrying into… Continue reading