Lone Prairie Magazine | Julie R. Neidlinger | Substack

Dear Reader: this crazytown publication might be just what you need.

If you're drowning in precious or carefully programmed content, and you just want a laugh or wonder what the heck, you'll love Lone Prairie.

READ THE LATEST

Newest Articles

Is weather modification real?

Yes and no. But also, contrails are real.

Apr 9 • Julie R. Neidlinger

We need heroes.

Mostly, we need to know how to be heroic in our daily lives.

Apr 6 • Julie R. Neidlinger

A Perfect Quarter of Land

“He has a perfect quarter, you know,” my mother said.

Apr 5 • Julie R. Neidlinger

A tale of April 1 that was typical and out of this world.

Celebrating the creation's success at the expense of the Creator is

Apr 3 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Blue Like A River: By The Numbers

Costs, totals, and shocking numbers from the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest.

Mar 31 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Blue Like A River: Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Timeline

This timeline is based on materials provided by the NDJIC (in particular, Keith Witt), legal rulings, news articles, and social media, as well as an…

Mar 30 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Source

About Lone Prairie Creative LLC

The publisher of this digital magazine.

Lone Prairie

Books

Blue Like A River

Burning the bridge between red and white at Standing Rock

There Are Dinosaurs In The Fields

Stories from North Dakota

Mysteries of Whisper Bay Book 1

The Crossword Puzzle Mystery

And other pandemic lies

Follow

Threads from Instagram

Formerly Twitter

One month is less than a coffee and a donut at today's prices.

Humor

A tale of April 1 that was typical and out of this world.

Celebrating the creation's success at the expense of the Creator is

Apr 3 • Julie R. Neidlinger

It's time to talk about Little Free Libraries.

The deep philosophy behind just giving books away in a capitalist and ever-illiterate society.

Mar 23 • Julie R. Neidlinger

And A Grand Welcome To Cavalier County!

The road less traveled, for a good reason.

Feb 22 • Julie R. Neidlinger

The hidden secret behind food porn.

Everybody is trying to sell you their top-secret cookie. It doesn't exist.

Jan 31 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Applying Carl Orff therapy to the potheads living below my apartment.

No, marijuana isn't harmless, and also, enjoy 4:20 a.m. operatic wake-up calls.

Jan 19 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Investigation + News

Blue Like A River: By The Numbers

Costs, totals, and shocking numbers from the Dakota Access Pipeline Protest.

Mar 31 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Blue Like A River: Dakota Access Pipeline Protest Timeline

This timeline is based on materials provided by the NDJIC (in particular, Keith Witt), legal rulings, news articles, and social media, as well as an…

Mar 30 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Blue Like A River: Maps

Drawings are based on maps provided by NDDES and MCSD, compilations of photographic images to estimate locations, and text descriptions of various…

Mar 30 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Blue Like A River: The Lawsuit, The Jerk, and the Road Forward

Mar 29 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Travel + Light Adventure

Self-isolation in the presence of adventurers.

When the world demands peak physical, the mind calls out for blood. Or something dramatic like that.

Mar 30 • Julie R. Neidlinger

My love-hate relationship with the Minnesota Vikings.

Being a fan was the only time, outside of watching the movie The 13th Warrior, that I thought mead might be necessary.

Jan 24 • Julie R. Neidlinger

The splendid self-driving camper.

When a hitch is optional but swear words are not.

Aug 11, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

The two worst desecrations of the Nazca lines I’m aware of.

One of which you might not have been aware of, which is why I wrote this post.

Jul 14, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

There And Back Again with the Three Sisters.

Or, when Sisseton, South Dakota gets in the way.

May 19, 2025 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Faith & Philosophy

Is weather modification real?

Yes and no. But also, contrails are real.

Apr 9 • Julie R. Neidlinger

We need heroes.

Mostly, we need to know how to be heroic in our daily lives.

Apr 6 • Julie R. Neidlinger

A tale of April 1 that was typical and out of this world.

Celebrating the creation's success at the expense of the Creator is

Apr 3 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Blue Like A River: A Prayer Meeting and a Documentary

It was June 24, 2017, one day before the 141st anniversary of the Battle of the Greasy Grass, or Custer’s Last Stand, or the Battle of the Little…

Mar 27 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Fiction & Poetry

Poem: Field Lunch

You don’t need whole wheat bread

Mar 29 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Poem: The Reality of Bread

I wonder how well the people who live

Mar 15 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Poem: Ye, Cockroach

An ode to a cockroach I saw in the KFYR building window.

Feb 15 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Too many choices.

Feb 10 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Conspiracy Theory

Is weather modification real?

Yes and no. But also, contrails are real.

Apr 9 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Candace Owens, and how the spirit in you produces recognizable fruit.

We will know the spirit in a person based on their fruit.

Feb 18 • Julie R. Neidlinger

The new mystery religion of conspiracy theory and how it isolates us.

It's not a question of whether the conspiracy theory is right or wrong. It's whether it actually matters to know it.

Sep 16, 2024 • Julie R. Neidlinger

The Griffith Park Observatory and the flat earth.

We saw Jupiter and three of its moons and it got me to thinking about the problem of Gnosticism.

Mar 11, 2024 • Julie R. Neidlinger

Subscribe

A digital magazine about Christian faith, daily life, hobbies, travel, and observations from the lone prairie of North Dakota. Blogging since 2000.

About Archive Sitemap

Lone Prairie Magazine

#nojs-banner { position: fixed; bottom: 0; left: 0; padding: 16px 16px 16px 32px; width: 100%; box-sizing: border-box; background: red; color: white; font-family: -apple-system, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"; font-size: 13px; line-height: 13px; } #nojs-banner a { color: inherit; text-decoration: underline; } This site requires JavaScript to run correctly. Please turn on JavaScript or unblock scripts