The Elm Springs News is a weekly column written and compiled by Matthew J Trask, detailing the lives of the people in Elm Springs, South Dakota. Started in 2003, the original column debuted in the Pennington County Courant, and has since grown to a worldwide audience. Often compared to the popular radio program “A Prairie Home Companion,” the ESN is a taste of Americana, based on real events and real people…an escape from the stress and facade of the big city.
The ESN is published each Sunday night on HubbasHouse.com and in that week’s Courant. To read the newest column or browse through past editions, click here.
When I got home from haying yesterday afternoon, Patty Joe wanted to go for a pony ride. I told Patty that I had to take a shower and shave, and if she was good, we’d go in an hour or so.
I got the shower took and was shaving when Bonnie called. I hadn’t talked to her [...]
Happy 234th birthday America. Me and Bonnie and Patty are going to celebrate by going to church, visiting the “Upland Trask” residence, and then going to Wasta to MC/ perform in the Wasta Talent Show.
What are you doing?
The Boss told me that we are getting married on the 18th of September.
As this will be my first and most likely only wedding, I encourage you, if you believe yourself to be my friend, to attend. The plan is to get married in the country church at Red Owl SD. The size of the [...]
A few weeks ago, Bob and Patty Joe Timmons went to a 4-H camping/workday over at Marcus. Another group was holding Bible School at the Marcus Church.
Patty couldn’t be much help with painting at four years old, so the Bible School people welcomed her into their classes, and then enthusiastically invited her to appear in [...]
The Frank Timmon’s Ranch has gotten to the hayfield at last! We’ve had a run of bad luck with the machinery, but today we raked and baled a bit of hay. In between we’ve been busy changing oil, greasing, cleaning the winter muck out of everything, and cussing.
The haying season is a lot like a [...]
