Robert Nehls has been telling stories for many years, mostly in the form of poetry. His poetry has been published in the local papers of many of the places he has lived. Most recently, he and his wife Stevi have returned to Livingston, Montana where they now make their home. He has had a steady stream of poems published in the local newspaper, the Park County Community Journal, since October 2015.

Robert has loved and admired prairie dogs for a long time. One day he looked in his rearview mirror and saw a prairie dog that had darted in front of his car tumble to the other side of the road. He smiled and asked himself, "What if?" In that moment, Stanley came to life and the adventure began.