Every other issue of Dakotafire magazine features a section called “Perspective.” The goal of this section is to highlight a scene or work of art that shows some insight into Dakota life. The section also includes space for the artist…
We’re looking for submissions for our Postcard section. A Postcard is a short, evocative story about an event, person or place, written as if you were telling the story to a friend.
The stories we tell ourselves are based in reality—but they are not reality. They are one interpretation of events, one way to look at what has happened to us and who we are. It’s not about “fact” versus “fiction”—facts themselves have little power over us. What shapes our lives are the stories we tell about those facts.
Communities across the nation, including dozens in the Dakotas, are joining in a growing nationwide trend of forming markets with a very short farmer-to-consumer transportation system: goods go straight from the farmer’s hands to the consumer’s.
Should we encourage ambitious young people to stay in the Dakotas, or to leave? Will one or the other of these options be better for those young people, or for society as a whole?
Telecommuting can be a valuable tool for revitalizing our rural communities.
Winter officially starts Dec. 21, and we’d like to note that with a new photo to serve as the background image on Dakotafire.net.
The outlook for reducing South Dakota’s nagging drought does not appear promising based on the Oct. 18 Climate Prediction Center’s long-range outlook.
Many, if not most, communities in the Dakotafire area have seen some of the youth that left return years later. Here are some of their stories; if you’re also a “returnee,” share your story in the comments!
I have been making this argument for a while now: One amazing aspect of living in a place where the horizon is visible is that we are treated to awe-inspiring visions of sky theater.