The attention grabbing headlines of the oil boom in North Dakota are sometimes glamourous and other times heart breaking. But the stories in between glamour and heart break are often missed. With growth comes prosperity for some and struggles for others in North Dakota. It’s a location that has been analyzed and ranked over and over again as a best place…
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Our Favorite Farmer, Grandpa Fred
Filed Under: Family Values Tagged With: daddy, family, fatherhood 6 Comments
My favorite boot wearing farmer has a birthday today. It is my dad. I’ve said before that I’ve been trying to fill his big boots for decades. He’s witty. Ruthless at times. Generous. Often running behind schedule, a trait I inherited. Appreciative. A man of deep faith and commitment. A small businessman turned farmer in GriggsDakota.Aside from my dad being…
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Food Stamps Mom Breaks Her Silence
Filed Under: Motivated Moms Tagged With: food stamps, motherhood, providing for your family 29 Comments
I didn’t look like food stamp mom, but for two critical years I was. You might have a preconceived idea of what a mom on food stamps looks like, where she lives, the mistakes she has made to get to this point in her life. But you don’t really know her until you know her story.I’ve been silent about food…
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Canning Spicy Dilly Beans
Filed Under: America's Farm Table, Recipes Tagged With: agriculture, canning, recipe 4 Comments
I set out on a canning adventure this weekend. With rows of green beans and wax beans and more pickings to come, it was time I found a new way to preserve garden beans other than just eating them daily and freezing them. Enter, Spicy Dilly Beans. Crunchy, dill pickled beans with zest and spice. I cannot wait to enjoy…
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Food stamp mom
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I didn’t look like food stamp mom. I was more than a food stamp mom I thought. But I was a food stamp mom. While we might each have preconceived idea of what a mom on food stamps looks like, where she lives, the mistakes she has made to get to this point in her life, you don’t really know….
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