Today I conducted a clothing purge event from two of my stuffed to capacity closets. My goal was to give away to the girls in my family or charity at least 10 things. Seeing as I easily have a few hundred things, 10 seemed like a cake walk. I started off slowly picking out a [...]
Author: Ms. C
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It isn’t always black and white…or is it?
I have watched the events after Michael Brown's shooting unfold. I have been purposeful in refraining from comment on social media sites and in groups, but I have been listening. I have heard two versions of the story surrounding Michael Brown's death. In one version, an unarmed black teenager was murdered by a white officer. [...]
Annoying? Perhaps. Necessary? Yes.
Those New Forty readers in the areas of North Dakota and Minnesota who were under a tornado warning early this morning may feel a similar angst to that which I heard today from folks regarding the warning systems that sought to warn them of potential tornadoes in their area. It is a rare individual who [...]
17 minutes…
Miss Sparkle is on week two of tenth grade. This year she is at West Fargo High School (her home school) as opposed to Sheyenne High School (where the West Fargo School District housed all the ninth graders). Let me be the first to say, what a difference a year makes! In ninth grade there [...]
Faux gypsy
When I was younger - much younger - I imagined that living a life where I traveled all the time would be the cat's meow. Hopping on planes and traveling to faraway places seemed so cosmopolitan to me back then. I could not imagine who wouldn't want that life. Now that I am older - [...]
The dance…
The fall semester at NDSU started this past week and it reminded me of how much I love to see bright, shiny faces at the start of a new academic year. My classes typically have a blend of former and new students, but after a summer away even the students who have had me before [...]
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