It is a quiet Saturday on the farm. The cool and rainy weather has the guys in from fieldwork. Planting is finally complete but spraying is next. With a Saturday off, Uncle Joe gave Anika a walk around to meet Sheyenne and see the tractors in the yard. Elizabeth has showing cattle in her jeans and definitely is practicing on…
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Surviving to grow in your faith
Filed Under: America's Farm Table, Family Values Tagged With: agriculture, faith, family, farm 6 Comments
Ten years ago today, my brother Robbie was in a terrible farm accident. He was 15 years old. And every year on June 9th, I call him or blog about the miracle that he survived. My mom also talks about Robbie today on GriggsDakota. It is an anniversary that we will always gratefully celebrate as a family. This year I…
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A fresh walleye dinner tutorial
Filed Under: Family Values, Life in North Dakota, Proteins, Small Town Living Tagged With: cooking fish, family, family fun, fishing, North Dakota, prairie life, rural life 4 Comments
I thought you all may need a step by step tutorial on the key ingredients and steps to be taken to have a fresh walleye dinner served at your home… You need: 1. A nearby large fresh water river or lake 2. Fishing hats, fishing sunglasses, sunscreen and smiles 3. A boat to get to the fish 4. A determined…
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Camping & fishing
Filed Under: Family Values, Life in North Dakota, Small Town Living Tagged With: camping, family, family fun, fishing, North Dakota, prairie life, rural life 3 Comments
Late tonight when I step off the airplane after a whirlwind of business travel this week, I won’t drive home. Instead I will weave across the prairie to find my family nestled away in a bay along the Missouri River. Camping and fishing are two summer activities that my husband loves. He grew up doing both and our kids will have…
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Happy Home Anniversary
Filed Under: Family Values, Life in North Dakota Tagged With: family, home, North Dakota, prairie life, prairie living Leave a Comment
Two years ago today, we loaded up our boxes (again) and moved into our unfinished but livable new house. See here where we were then. The move and the house both were huge steps for us. Just eleven months earlier we had jumped off the corporate wheel, took a drastic cut in income, loaded up boxes and moved west deep…
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