The weekend here was pretty wild. Despite it being halfway through autumn and despite the fact that we've already had two frosts this season, on Saturday a line of tornadoes swept through the state over the weekend, destroying dozens of homes and killing a lady. One even touched down on the outskirts of the town here, delaying a big football game against the University of Colorado, which the Cyclones eventually won. Fitting, I guess, though I'm still trying to find a way to explain to the Livingston family that the twister that flattened their house was a "lucky twister."

So Friday it was warm, with thunderstorms and tornadoes. Yesterday was cooler. Today and tomorrow it is going to snow. My friend Carl is convinced we can pin this one on global warming. Somehow.

The first link I've been saving to post: when I head back home to Rapid City, I usually drive through the small town of Denison, Iowa. It has been a major destination point for immigrants from Latin America coming to the States for work, and apparently there is a passable book out about the town called, appropriately, Denison, Iowa. The New York Times published a review a while back. I'll let you know if I get my hands on a copy of the book.