I have to give a hearty round of applause to Fargo School District Superintendent Dr. Jeff Schatz who decided to cancel classes through Wednesday at five Fargo elementary schools due to the temperatures in the buildings. He made this decision after he visited a number of the sites on Sunday and confirmed that daytime temperatures [...]
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Hud? Speck? Huh?
I have always liked John Mellencamp's music. I liked it because it felt to me like music for the common man and woman. And that was Mellencamp's presentation of self as well in press, concerts, and music videos - a guy just like us telling the stories of our lives. He seemed down-to-earth, genuine, and [...]
The intermittent gardener…
On days when the temperatures are tolerable I do marathon sessions in my garden. I typically tell myself that I will just be out there for two hours and six hours later when I wander back inside I wonder how it got to be so late in the day. Such is the way when you [...]
Can you help?
Today I am sharing with you a correspondence that was forwarded to me by my lovely friend Katherine Tweed who aside from being a fabulous person has community service hardwired into her soul. The correspondence comes from Erin Prochnow the Executive Director of YWCA Cass Clay and is a plea for help. I hope that [...]
The trailer’s new home…
My NDSU office was in Minard Hall in 2009. Then there was a partial structural collapse of the building in late December 2009 on the side of the building that my department's offices were located. We decided that we would move until construction was concluded. We expected to be out of the building for 12-18 [...]
Go with the flow boys!
Cheyenne has little patience for moodiness in anyone other than herself. Early on in our trip to Canada she felt obliged to share with me that when men in the family were moody they were "manstrating" or perhaps going through "manopause". I must tell you, I did laugh out loud at that. I couldn't help [...]
THE NEW FORTY 