Happy December!  It’s weird that it’s no longer November, right?  We’d barely finished shoving the last of the Thanksgiving leftovers in between the milk and that cottage cheese we think is still good, but how can you ever really tell with cottage cheese? When ka-blam-o, month’s over.  The transition was even more jarring up/over/down here in the Midwest because we went from balmy pumpkin-spiced fall to full-blown winter in a single day.  Midwesterners spent the holiday weekend wandering the streets in a single glove and a pair of shorts with snow boots looking dazedly at t ..read more

Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a snowy December morn to talk about Terry Schwartz, my Nice Person of the Week, as well as a community (or 7!) coming together to fix up the Walcott Cemetery ..read more

Thanksgiving is over, people - and you know what that means: It's time to make yourself a leftover turkey sandwich and get ready for some holiday cheer! Head on out to Max this Sunday for their annual Christmas Tree Lighting from 5:30 - 6:30 PM (it has all of the C's - Caroling, Cookies, and hot Chocolate at the Community Center), and then mark your calendar for DECEMBER 10, 2024 for MAX SANTA DAY. You know what they have on Max Santa Day? REINDEER ..read more

In “North Dakotans are all in one degree of separation from one another” news, one of the reporters from the Grand Forks Herald was interviewing a woman for a story and the woman gave the reporter a photograph of my grandfather taken in 1965 with "Amanda Kosior" written on the back and asked her to get it to me.  So, she did ..read more

Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a grateful Veteran's Day to talk about Dave Berger, my Nice Person of the Week, as well the Northern Valley Youth Orchestra ..read more

I was driving to West Fargo with my friend Andrea in the front seat and Nine in the back when Nine looked out onto the snowy farmscape and said, “Andrea, what is your least-favorite season ..read more

Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a Happy pre-Thanksgiving morning to talk about Guy Abernathey, my Nice Person of the Week, as well as a new way for moms to help moms ..read more

While our nine-year-old loves to prepare (but not eat) meals, if our thirteen-year-old had his way, he wouldn’t even pour his own cereal.  So, you can imagine our surprise Thirteen came home one evening and announced that he had learned to make Eggs in a Basket in Family Consumer Science (the new name for Home Ec) and had enjoyed it to such a degree that he planned on making it for all of us for dinner.  As it became clear that his cooking plans were meant for that very evening, and as he was telling us all about said plans while I was plating up a supper I had prepared moments befor ..read more

Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a brisk (a chance of snow is on the horizon!) morning to talk about Addison Pringle, my Nice Person of the Week, as well as a great organization growing local farmers and farms ..read more

Deer hunting opens this weekend; in the words of Mona Lisa Vito in My Cousin Vinny, “Imagine you’re a deer.  You’re prancing along, you get thirsty, you spot a little brook, you put your little deer lips down to the cool clear water…BAM!”  As you know, I’m the type of hypocrite who feels all sorts of sadness over the little deer but has no problem chomping into one a la King Henry into a Renaissance Faire turkey leg.  So, in the spirit of the season - to quote Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck: “Duck season!”  “Wabbit season!”  “Duck season!”  “Wabbit season!” - I’d like ..read more