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The article offers the author's insights regarding his friendship with Ronald Iverson, a crop duster in Vermillion, South Dakota. Topics discussed by the author include how Iverson love his job and for flying his crop dusting airplane, the effort of the environmental movement to protest crop spraying and mosquito spraying due to their environment impact, and how Iverson help a skunk out of the jar.

The short story "The Saga of Super Squirrel," by Brian Bedard is presented.

This article presents the author's insights on human behavior and attitudes in wild animals. The author cites several literary works, film and stories that depicts humanity and interactions in animals including the essay "Buzzard," by Bailey White, the film "The Cove," and the story "Kamikaze Raccoon." Moreover, the author relates the word "other" in animals to emphasize their importance in human beings.

The article provides the author's insights regarding the proverb "Don't judge a book by its cover." The author relates his experience of judging Felton Peck, a manager of the grocery store in Colfax, Washington where he works as a producer manager, as a rigid conformist and a dictator and how it changed during the seedless grape season. He also relates that he thinks of Peck to avoid the ever-tempting urge to judge other people with their appearance.

An interview with Brian Bedard, editor of the South Dakota Review magazine is presented. Bedard reveals that the hard part of his job is reading rhymed poems regarding autumn because it makes him cry. He relates how he enjoyed reading every detail of a poem, as well as his assessment of Ted Hughes' poem. He also shares his idea of haw poems.

This article comments on some important scenes in the book "The Bear," by William Faulkner. The novelist presents the closing scene with some of the most energetic and enigmatic descriptions in all of his fiction. Critics have interpreted the scene in the context of the book as a whole and in relation to the larger concerns of Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County mythology. The author is more drawn to the squirrel sequence that to a thematic perspective on the fall of the Old South and the loss of the wilderness.

Recounts the author's experience of attempting small-scale repairs and replacements in his home. He is aware of his challenges as a homeowner and the emergence of do-it-yourself (DIY) supply stores for home owners.

The author describes his experiences while driving a 50 mile stretch of Interstate 29 from Vermillion to Sioux Falls. He has travelled it in all kinds of weather and notices the exit signs for all the little prairie towns. He imagines the stately mansion perched on the crest of a steep knoll, shifting colors of the fields, steel silos, barns, dense windbreaks surrounding farm houses and many other things. Deciding to stop in one of the old towns, he stands in a dim doorway and could see out a window whose wooden cover had fallen open and was swaying in the breeze.

This article recounts an author's experience about the apparition of deer. Shows the characteristics of the animal nd reasons for liking the animal. He reflects on the loveliness of the creature.

A personal narrative is presented which explores Jessica Briggs experience of spending time in a boat with her cat in a reservoir dam near Elk City, Kansas.

The author reflects on the significance of the Prairie Pothole Region in studying wildlife. He mentions that the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had conducted a wildlife habitat study on the region, stating that the region is fragile in facing the climate change. He states that there are several conservation groups who are willing to face the challenges in conserving the region, and preventing the worst case scenario.

The author reflects on his life in South Dakota. He talks about the article by sportsman Peter Harriman about the road trip he had made in South Dakota. He also offers his perception on the ball caps worn by most South Dakotans, which is a form of Darwinian adaptation and is a reliable shield against the ferocity of the prairie sun.

The article presents the author's views and observations regarding the condition of tourism in Denver, Colorado. He narrated the memorable moments he experienced when he attended the annual conference for Associated Writing Programs in April 2010, wherein technological developments were apparent to everyone's eyes since he visited the town in the early 1990s. Moreover, he detailed how the agricultural areas have sustained and maintained for the livelihood of the residents.

A personal narrative is presented which explores the author's experience of interstate highway driving.

The article offers the author's insights regarding the insect killer displays at Aisle 22 at Walmart in South Dakota. The author mentions that he was still astonished with the insecticides and hose guards displayed at the area despite his awareness on the inclusion of commercial weeds and insect killers in the economy of U.S. He further notes that he was able to understand the importance of garden protection against pests while he was walking at Aisle 22.

The article presents the author's insights on road construction projects in U.S. It reveals the complaint and irritation of the motorists on the delays, re-routing of traffic, and other problems brought by the project. It asserts on the mystery of the never-ending condition of repair or construction in several roads and highways in U.S. Moreover, it implies on the authority being imposed by the signs and precautionary measures seen in areas where constructions are being done.

Presents a personal narrative which explores the author's experience of having a vacation at Lake Francis Case in Pickstown, South Dakota.

This article describes the state of the defunct commercial statuary and greenhouse hunker and glint at Elk Point, South Dakota. The author remarks that the statuary has already an alluring mystery of a ghost town, with an aura of an ill-fated colony, which succumbed the exigencies of economics, weather and time. He contends that the statuary is a reminiscent of the kind of litter-strewn blight one can see on the hillside and in the ravines of either side of present day Gillette, Wyoming.

This article talks about Sioux City, Iowa and how in the early twentieth Century it earned its name "Little Chicago." This name was given due to a few things; but most of all the Chicago Gangsters and underworld bosses all came to settle here. It was 4th Street that became legendary for its gang fights, bookie joints, knife fights, muggings, shoot outs and many other imaginable type of crime. It was a place where the underworld bosses would "Hang out" in their homes while running all the bars and other various commercial enterprises while trying not to be the next head boss assassinated. None of this stands today but the memories and the stories will always be there.

This article discusses the influence and things that make you remember someone. It may be something they did to you or for you, in spite of you or even something they did in front of you. It is these little moments that make you remember that person at some awkward time years down the road. The author shares one of these memories of a man named Scoop who was his boss in a produce department at a store called Macey's Farmer Market.

This article offers insights on the creation of four life-size gray stone gorillas in animated poses and aligned single file along a barbed wire fence and facing the freeway in Omaha, Nebraska. These icons seem to be out of place. The incongruity of the gorillas is evident in news stories which has both the rural and city folk in southeastern South Dakota in massive lather of gossip and curiosity.

This article discusses the Black Vulture which is a descendant from the Turkey Vulture only much more malicious. The author talks about author Ted Hughes and his poem "Hawk Roosting." This poem has a line that states "My manners are tearing off their heads." This is a poem about birds of prey. The style of ruthless killing of the Black Vulture is compared to a news story where a a woman tampered with the parachute of her husbands mistress and she fell thirteen thousand feet to her death. This is much like the vulture in that the kill is simply for the gratification of the killer. Unlike humans, the birds are protected by government agencies because of the dwindling numbers within the species and this will cause a debate among farmers who lose their livestock daily due to some birds of prey.

This article relates the author's experiences in teaching creative writing courses. He started joining the English Department faculty at the University of San Diego in 1990 with the course English 283. The course is designed to give students a practical understanding of the form and the creative literary forms as poetry, fiction, and drama. His comprehension on writing was like the story "Tear-Away Jersey" as it went through several incarnations through the years then disappeared from the game.

This article features Hughes Gardens, which lay adjacent to the Clark Fork River east of Missoula in Montana. The garden is a long piece of land with the shape similar to the map of California. Wooden crates and whisky are used to symbolize the place, with a pristine scenario from another era. The presence of railroad tracks and granite cliffs add beauty to Hughes Garden which has been developed into a cluster of condominiums.

This article discusses the author's experience as a poetry teacher at the University of South Dakota. The author emphasized that his experiences at the university have inspired him to practice image picking, a concept taken from business practice called cherry picking. As an image picker, the author encourages his creative writing students to pick local or regional images in their writings with the possible creative details.

This article focuses on the author's work at a rundown grocery store on the west side of Salt Lake City, Utah. The rear end of the produce room was an old receiving metal door. It was a noisy roll-up doorthat was rusted and straining at the seams, but unlocked. When the door was opened the loading dock can be seen.

Presents the short story "Egress Window," by Brian Bedard.

Discussing the side of bird flocks swarming to roost in the treetops of Vermillion, the author finds this most intriguing and enchanting both for its auditory overload and its bird-talk telepathy. Over several seasons, he observes these flocks of birds dropping their avian differences and create stop-and-go alliances of sixty, eighty or a hundred birds gathering to roost as a single Megabird. What interested him most was that he didn't draw much pleasure from the visual access to the birds.

Describes a life-size diorama of a Lakota village displayed at the Akta Lakota Museum at the St. Joseph Indian School in South Dakota. Portrayal of a cultural interface between Indians and non-Indians; Lakota mythology; Indications of culture and history.

Presents the short story "News from Nevada," by Brian Bedard.

The article offers the author's insights regarding his final role as editor of the periodical "South Dakota Review" (SDR). The author says that it was an honor to serve the University of South Dakota and the English Department for 16 years. He mentions his gratitude to all the readers, writers, and subscribers of the journal. He states that Lee Ann Roripaugh is the first female and next editor of the publication and wishes her success and good fortune.