A Photo Tells The Whole Story
I had the honor of being able to review every photo submitted to The Northen Sentry in our recent photo contest. It’s always a pleasure to see all of the various photos as they capture the people and the lifestyles of ordinary folks. In my younger days I was a very avid and focused photographer. […]
Where is Fort Rice?
A little known Army fort in a place most people know little about, had a big part in the settling of the western Dakota Territory. Fort Rice was established on July 7, 1864 by Gen. Alfred Sully north of the mouth of the Cannonball River and south of the Heart River’s mouth. In other words, […]
North Dakota Isn’t the Best
I want to set something straight.About a year and a half ago, I opened an Instagram/Facebook account called @HeyMinot. My family has been stationed in Minot twice, and we genuinely enjoy living here. In fact, we requested to come back for our second tour. Even after my husband separated from active duty and attached to […]
It’s all relative…
This recent extended cold streak we had is nothing new to us and although people have been talking about cold it’s been, we’ve seen this before. Zeeland, in McIntosh County, dropped to 40 below zero first. Then it was Crosby, then Carson and Elgin. And finally, New Hradec, in Dunn County recorded a 47 below […]
The Gathering Power of Coffee
You don’t have to live in Minot very long to have someone share information with you that was gathered at one of many coffee groups. There was a time when I presumed that these meetings were purely social…and that the information shared was more small town gossip than valuable news about local issues. Boy was […]
Time To Think Positive?
By the time you sit down do read the Northern Sentry, hopefully the very coldest weather of this horribly awful cold snap is behind us. I often think that the folks on the national and local TV networks look ahead and give us a ray of hope for improving weather conditions. The fact is…there is […]
The end of a long six years
Four days before my birthday and five days before I signed up for my Army pension in 2018, I was diagnosed with small cell renal cell carcinoma, commonly known as kidney cancer. I was shoveling snow one day and got chest pains. I went to the clinic in Kenmare and x-rays revealed one spot on […]
A Little Bit of Rambling
Are we in a rebound? Are things taking a complete 180? What would make me ask that question? I want to start with credit cards. If you have a younger person in your home, say one of your kids is headed off to college, the number of credit card offers is totally amazing. 3-4 per […]
The value of history…
With a minor in history from the University of North Dakota, there’s no doubt I’m biased about history and how important newspapers are as historical documents. They’re valuable for births, obituaries, kids setting records in high school sports and the list goes on to include advertising.That said, I’m going to put a completely different twist […]
Hallmark Has Nothing on Minot
You romanticize things. I don’t even think you know you’re doing it.” Six months ago, a staff member at an appointment told me this. I had never considered it before, but she was right. “There’s a whole movement about romanticizing your life,” she added. “Google it. It’s what you do.”For someone who spends a lot […]
