This evening was the Sheyenne High School holiday orchestra performance. It was held in the Commons area of the high school. The area is nicely suited for smaller performances like the one this evening. The group seems to get smaller each year. There were 60 9th and 10th graders performing tonight (of note, there are [...]
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There are two types of people in the world…
My son Cory is a third year student in NDSU's architecture program. As I have watched him grow into his own design style I have been amazed at the transformation that has occurred at each step of the way. In his pre-program classes he developed his artistic eye by sketching random objects. He then moved [...]
The show must go on!
Mike, Cheyenne, and I went to see the Wizard of Oz this evening. The production is being put on by the Fargo Moorhead Community Theatre (FMCT) at the Stage at Island Park. It was a sold out performance populated with folks of all ages and an awful lot of children. The production has a large [...]
The value of a red team assessment…
This past Wednesday a KVLY reporter went into three area elementary schools and walked around with a hidden camera. The reporter, Mellaney Moore, was not stopped by any school personnel. KVLY aired the hidden camera footage taken within the schools on Wednesday's news broadcast. The elementary schools that were breached are in the Moorhead, West [...]
Who stole my neighborhood’s holiday mojo?
I live in an area of West Fargo that is typically covered in holiday lights. In past years, an unlit house was the exception, not the norm. But something is going on in my neck of the woods - there is a noticeable increase in the number of homes that are absent holiday lights and [...]
This is exactly the thing I fear…
The older I become, the more I find myself sharing my unsolicited advice with younger folks. I have become one of those matronly ladies that I recall from my youth - ladies who act like your mother, but aren't. While I recall being polite in regard to receiving advice from these ladies, I do not [...]
This is about as smart as we are going to get.
Mike moved to a smartphone tonight. I strongly suggested that he get the same phone model Cheyenne and I have so that we could assist him with his smartphone learning curve. He wisely took my suggestion. Not that I am the queen of smartphone savvy. On the smartphone savvy ten-point scale, I am a solid five. [...]
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