“I think I see Grandpa Fred driving down to the road!” -Miss E “I don’t see him! I’m cold. I’m going back to the Suburban.” -Miss A “It IS him!” “Hooray! We’re going to the farm!” (Scroll down to see Elizabeth’s pure glee that Grandpa Fred was on his way.)
When I played high school girls basketball, the season was in the fall. I would be getting ready to play by the end of July like it is now. Back in the “olden days” as my son would say. North Dakota moved girls basketball to be a winter sport after I graduated from high school. We actually started basketball practice…
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Do you ever get really comfortable where you are at in life? Or maybe you’re in a little downturn and can’t figure how to turn yourself around in it? I relate life situations often to shoes. I get comfortable in wearing my favorite one or two pairs of shoes. But then I never know when I need others. So I…
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Wide open spaces on the North Dakota prairie completely and utterly captivate me, particularly at sunrise and sunset. I pull over when driving. I run out into fields. I take screens off our second story windows. I stand onto top of our pick-up. I even crawled out my son’s bedroom window onto our garage roof once for the right angle….
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The negative headlines are easier to report than the positive ones. Negative captures our attention, builds emotions, creates more conversation and feeds politicians’ agendas. I think this has been true for North Dakota in recent years. There are far more negative headlines about our growth in the heart of a nationwide American recession than positive. We have opportunity. We are…
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