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WOSTER: View from legislative press box different than in 1970
The South Dakota Legislature opened its annual session on Tuesday. That’s exactly the same as in 1970, the first year I witnessed lawmaking from the press box in the House chamber.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: ‘Yeah, I used to do that’
Skiing, like summer, comes to an end for all of us.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Winter weather brings longing for ignorance
I seldom want to go back and live things over, but as the winter weather season approaches, I wouldn’t mind being 19 again and having no concept of what’s involved in a storm warning.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Attitude of gratitude helps in rough times
I belong to a club where people sometimes talk about having “an attitude of gratitude.”
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Memory of pheasant openers always perfect
Opening day of pheasant season in South Dakota has always been an incredible spectacle.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: When fire struck, old technology was useful
I don’t have to work very hard to remember back to late May and early June when I thought it might never quit raining in South Dakota.
RELATED CONTENTJim Woster is a bust - and that's good
Driving from Pierre to Brookings and back in the same afternoon and evening is a bit of a challenge for a couple of mature folks like me and Nancy, but we made the trip on Wednesday for the pleasure of watching my big brother honored at South Dakota State University. Jim, the oldest of Henry and Marie Woster’s five children, is four years older than I am, but he graduated from Chamberlain High School five years before I did.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Chance remarks can leave big impression
My first electric guitar was a Sears knock-off of the popular Fender Telecaster.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: I can see 70, and it doesn't seem strange at all
In one of our upstairs bedrooms, a soft blanket thrown across the bedspread has images of a Teddy bear and the words, “It takes a long time to grow an old friend.”
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Who decided to try to grow things out here, anyway?
As I mowed my lawn the other day, it occurred to me that I was engaged in a really foolish activity.
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WOSTER: Boaters' second happiest day comes with sale of boat
Summer boating fun won’t be the same without Virge.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Actually, pain does hurt
I should have recorded the conversation, because it may be the only time in my life somebody told me I was working too hard for my own good.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: There are some foes we’re meant to chase, not pass
Funny, sometimes, how relatively insignificant events rush back from half a century when someone sends a reminder. It happened to me just the other day, and the reminder came through Facebook, of all places.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Gearing up for a South Dakota Nor’easter
Splashing through the mud fun for little boys
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Spring days serve as reminder of SDSU professor’s ourdoor class
One of the best college class periods I ever had came the late spring day Mary Margaret Brown led her “Literature of England’’ class out the north door of Lincoln Memorial Library onto the grass of the Coolidge Sylvan Theater stage.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Rain, snow, sleet and track
South Dakota runners used to unfavorable conditions. A couple of signs of how unusual the weather is this year? The Corn Palace Relays were canceled a couple of weeks ago. So were the Pierre Legion Relays last week. Are you kidding me?
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Reporters can’t plead the First
In court case over state's famous lottery ticket, the observer became the observed.
RELATED CONTENTWOSTER: Men who died in 1993 plane crash never experienced many of life’s joys
I have five granddaughters, all since 1993. Each brings indescribable delight to my life and makes growing older the rich privilege I sometimes forget it is.
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