"Looking back, I guess I have only two regrets in all the years I wrote about the State Fair," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
"My imagination saw me striding effortlessly down the lane, covering miles of township road. Reality saw me sitting on the living room couch finishing the book I had started," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
"I don’t think I could name a Swift song to win a bet, but I have heard many of them – usually when my granddaughters are singing along and busting dance moves," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
"Nancy and I have seen one granddaughter in a diabetic coma. It was terrifying how quickly things turned bad, amazing how proper treatment in a hospital brought the young woman back from such a dark place," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
"I watched as 30 or more turkeys moved easily through the pre-dawn haze. It was like going to some old battleground and seeing a parade of spirits. Happens all the time," Terry Woster writes.| Sioux Falls Live
"In my press photography days in college, the cameras we used were Speed or Crown Graphics, the boxy contraptions you may have seen if you watched a movie," Terry Woster writes.| Sioux Falls Live
"Rain clouds stalled over the higher elevations of the Black Hills on the afternoon of June 9, a Friday," Terry Woster writes. "The night editor told me dozens and dozens of people were feared dead."| Mitchell Republic
I read a piece in Psychology Today that suggested a person with stage fright should acknowledge that the fear is “emotional, not rational," Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
You can’t operate a business that depends for its success on weather, markets and somebody else’s farm policy. Dad handled the big farm decisions and, I suppose, the stress, Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
Folks didn’t use to talk about being hydrated, not when I was young. I’m not sure why. It had to have been as important then as it is today, Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
Former Presidents James A. Garfield's and Franklin D. Roosevelt words ring solemn and true on this weekend of remembrance, Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
"Living and working in Pierre, I had many opportunities to be around several governors. The interactions sometimes tickled me," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Sioux Falls Live
"It seems like every day I read or hear a story about the price of eggs," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Sioux Falls Live
"We created images of what players looked like, how they ran and passed and shot baskets and played defense and stole the ball and blocked shots," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Sioux Falls Live
"Librarians aren’t in the profession — and it is a profession — to turn your kid on to harmful material," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Sioux Falls Live
"I’m sad to say that when we used to collect bottles, we ignored all the other rubbish in the weeds along the shoulders of the roads. We were in it for the bottles," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Sioux Falls Live
"It seems like every day I read or hear a story about the price of eggs," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
"We created images of what players looked like, how they ran and passed and shot baskets and played defense and stole the ball and blocked shots," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
"Librarians aren’t in the profession — and it is a profession — to turn your kid on to harmful material," columnist Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic
I’m a lousy Thanksgiving cook, despite having grown up with a mother who was a great cook and having married into a family whose mother was a great cook.| Sioux Falls Live
I remember long, long days of driving as Dad concentrated on getting a certain number of miles down the road before stopping for the night.| Sioux Falls Live
It occurred to me that the time between Pearl Harbor and its 2024 anniversary is longer than the time between the start of the Civil War and the Pearl Harbor attack.| Sioux Falls Live
Well, after the calendar shock I mentioned, I settled down. I set aside worries about Christmas and enjoyed Thanksgiving. When the weekend hit, though, Nancy and I got busy.| Sioux Falls Live
I’m a lousy Thanksgiving cook, despite having grown up with a mother who was a great cook and having married into a family whose mother was a great cook.| Mitchell Republic
I remember long, long days of driving as Dad concentrated on getting a certain number of miles down the road before stopping for the night.| Mitchell Republic
The sudden turn in weather has me preparing for real winter. It doesn’t have me thinking Arizona or Florida would be a better place to live.| Mitchell Republic
Well, after the calendar shock I mentioned, I settled down. I set aside worries about Christmas and enjoyed Thanksgiving. When the weekend hit, though, Nancy and I got busy.| Mitchell Republic
He was 77, a Woonsocket native, bronc rider, lawyer and staffer for 42 years with the LRC. More than anything else, he was a seeker of knowledge.| Sioux Falls Live
A lot of folks still like to go, year after year. They’ll go again this year from Aug. 28 through Sept. 2, columnist Terry Woster writes.| Sioux Falls Live
In the old days, you see, periods and commas and such were desirable things. So were complete sentences and good grammar. But texting today is more casual, I have read.| Sioux Falls Live
Maybe we should be called the Land of Infinite Variety| Sioux Falls Live
Nobody told me the school had only one drum major suit, the white one with gold trim and a gold breast plate. That understudy year, I wore a regular band uniform.| Mitchell Republic
He was 77, a Woonsocket native, bronc rider, lawyer and staffer for 42 years with the LRC. More than anything else, he was a seeker of knowledge.| Mitchell Republic
Dean is a Mitchell native. He got his start in broadcasting working the night shift at the legendary hometown station KORN.| Mitchell Republic
In the old days, you see, periods and commas and such were desirable things. So were complete sentences and good grammar. But texting today is more casual, I have read.| Mitchell Republic
A lot of folks still like to go, year after year. They’ll go again this year from Aug. 28 through Sept. 2, columnist Terry Woster writes.| Mitchell Republic