Upside Down Under: Rebranding the association…
Anyone who is a gardener in North Dakota should consider attending the North Dakota Farmers’ Market and Growers Association local foods conference May 4 and 5 at Dakota College in Bottineau. Each year the conference is geared toward better educating gardeners about a myriad of subjects regarding growing, harvesting, having a better display at farmers’ […]
She’s Not From Around Here: Where are we going, Mama?
“Where going, Mama?” My youngest son, Silas asks this question almost relentlessly. As soon as I glance at my shoes, or the coats rustle on the rack, I hear rapid two-year-old steps headed my way. “Where going, Mama?”I’ll give him an answer, but he’ll continue to ask. He’ll ask multiple times before we leave the […]
A View From Our Side: It’s My Pleasure
It’s always a pleasure to write about those experiences in life that give you an “Ah Ha” moment. This past week has been filled with those moments, the first being my return to Minot AFB, and North Plains Elementary School to teach the Junior Achievement course sponsored by Minot Chamber/EDC. A room full of 1st […]
A View From Our Side: It’s a SAD Time
Could It Be We Have Seasonal Affective Disorder? So, Mr. Weatherman, it’s Sunday night. We received 13 inches of snow requiring that we once again drag out the snowblower (hey, not complaining, I am lucky I have one) and the array of shovels to clear our sidewalks, driveway and plow trails through the backyard to […]
Slice of Life: Flooded Minot
There really doesn’t seem to be very much to Minot’s Souris River, generally meandering silently through the city. Usually those who walk the riverbank, or bicycle near it, must look down to see the water which, quite often, moves very little or not at all. It’s a ruse, of course. The history of flooding in […]
Upside Down Under: It’s a Canadian invasion…
Anyone who travels U.S. Highway 52 anywhere between Portal to Minot and beyond is fully aware of the number semi-trailers that are coming from western Canada. I’ve written about this in the past and before retiring, sometimes counted those trucks to have statistics to back up the articles. The last time I did that was […]
A View From Our Side; “March”ing On! Still Neat Things To Do In March
We pulled into Cross Ranch State Park. It was a warm Friday afternoon. The park was clearing out over 12 inches of new snow that had fallen just a few days previous to our arrival. For those of you who don’t know, Cross Ranch State Park is located on the west bank of the Missouri […]
She’s Not From Around Here: The Other Side of the Midwest
Last weekend my family spent a few days in the suburbs north of Detroit, MI. The reason feels like a dirty secret, but I’ll say it anyway: we were there because my husband had been recruited for a job interview. To put it on paper that our family is even entertaining the idea of a […]
Upside Down Under: New Ukrainians in North Dakota…
According to the Centre of Research & Analysis of Migration in London, approximately 19 million Ukrainians have fled the country as of Feb. 13. However, nearly 10 million of them have returned over the past year. The exodus for at least 8 million are other countries in Europe, mostly Poland, while the United States has […]
Slice of Life: Snarling Ghost Dogs of Dog Den Butte
Once was – maybe. Maybe yet today. I’ve always had an interest in the history of our state, mostly the early days before roadways and fences and towns. The period when Dakota Territory was the “Old West”. Sometimes I wish I’d lived back then, just to say I saw it.When I travel in the state […]