Old Ones Dream

Finding Crazy Horse: The Valley of the LIttle Big Horn

Leaving Spearfish, South Dakota in June, 2010 we drove west on US 212 from Belle Fourche, South Dakota to camp at Hardin, Montana; and passed through the Northern Cheyenne Reservation at Lame Deer, Montana and onto the Crow Indian Reservation. We passed by the entrance to the Little Bighorn Battlefield... Read more →

Our Berkshire Pigs Go to Georgia for Sunday School

On Monday evening T and I went out to Oskar Blues to listen to one of our favorite local "Old Time" music groups, the "Hogtown Squealers". They delivered a spirited and driving rendition of "Thunder Road" which reminded me of the movie Thunder Road (1958) which reminded me of the... Read more →

Finding Crazy Horse: The Black Hills

The Black Hills region in South Dakota, Paha Sapa in Lakota, was claimed as the symbolic heart of the Lakota domain. It was described as wintering ground for the people and their buffalo; resource of timber, water and small game; potent with the elemental energies of Rock and Thunder, and... Read more →

My Last Night at Honey's Creek - 1984

a dream that never had a chance that wasn't meant to be--and all of those cliches it could have been identified it was so easy to identify but dinosaurs protest it had to do with energy the fundamental source of human energy and productivity and pride the feelings of a... Read more →

The LIttle Missouri National Grassland and Hay Camp

When I met Kim Schade in January 2012 he told me about how he harvests several hundred acres of hay the old fashion way using 60 year old tractors and horse teams. That brought back memories so I invited myself to hire on the haying crew at Schade Ranch. In the spring and summer of 2012 there was no rain and no grass so no hay. I have Medora, ND set up as a location on my weather app so I watched as the snows came all winter and the rains came all spring and, sure enough, I got the call from Kim several weeks ago to come to "hay camp". He says the grass is so green that the badlands look like Ireland. Read more →

Which Was the Best of All?

I have learned that many blogs publish some statistics at year end and suggest a contest among readers asking which blog post during the year is their favorite. The reason for this practice is to boost readership and consequent advertising income. Old Ones Dream does not and will not take... Read more →