February 16, 2026 30 degrees at 4 a.m., moving up to 58 today. Today’s wind could gust to 29 mph, but tomorrow’s gusts are predicted to hit 72 mph, that will make it tough to do anything outside. Many of our area ranchers are calving or getting ready to start. That much wind will make…

February 13, 2026 Good morning! It’s great to be up and going. At 5 a.m. we have 25 degrees, looking for a high of 55. The wind will behave with 8 mph out of the W. Miss Deb is headed for Guernsey to teach the Kinders. I’m headed north of Lusk to help a young…

February 12, 2026 The weather is at 22 degrees at 4 a.m., headed for 52 for a high. Winds gusting to 30 mph will push me to Nebraska where I am to meet with a family to plan a memorial service for their loved one there on Monday. Another day of looking at the stripes…

Well, it’s 17 degrees at 3:30 a.m., headed for 51 for a high. The wind gusts are to remain under 25 mph. I hope I remember how to walk with the winds under 50 mph! With Miss Deb teaching in Guernsey for the rest of this week, Coffee and I are attempting to get some…

February 10, 2026 22 degrees at 3 a.m. The high will be 20 degrees cooler today than yesterday’s high, but the wind should come in at 20 mph less! As my uncle would have said, “I reckon we can work with that.” Yesterday, Miss Deb hosted her ladies Bible study group here at the house.…

February 9, 2026 Here we go again! It’s 37 at 4:30 a.m., headed for 61 for today’s high, with wind gusts that match the high temperature. It looks like cooler and windy on Tuesday and Wednesday. The good news is that we will gain 20 minutes of daylight over the next 9 days. Yesterday was…

February 8, 2026 Good morning! Right now, we have 28 degrees, headed for 62 with snow on the horizon for Tuesday and Wednesday. Miss Deb and I were blessed to get away for a couple of days. We went to the Rapid City Stock Show and looked at a lot of high-priced items at the…