My grandson Lennon has now fully mastered the most important word he will ever utter - grandma. Mike was sure that his utterance of Pop Pop was more meaningful, and no doubt it was to Mike. But my darling boy can say a thousand other words - from no to absolutely - and never will [...]
Grateful and angry…
Today God was watching over my little family unit. Mike was in a near-miss accident a bit before 8 AM this morning on Veterans Boulevard. He dropped Cheyenne off at school and was headed back home. From a small side street shortly before you reach I-94 a piece of construction machinery with a large platform on the [...]
Three parts holiday cheer…
Here we are only six days away from Christmas. Sights, smells, and sounds of the holiday abound and are intermixed with good cheer and kind gestures. This evening I would like to share three parts of the magical recipe I have encountered this week that have brought me joy. The first part is one I [...]
I missed the memo…
I must have missed the memo on the light bulb phase out. The article I read in The Forum was the first I learned of the light bulb standards set by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. I am not sure how I missed this major shift, but clearly I did. It occurs [...]
Giddy.
When I saw that the temperature yesterday morning was 11 degrees I was giddy. Not pleasantly surprised, not mildly excited - giddy. Giddy about 11 degree weather. When it got into the 30s later in the day I transcended into a state of disbelief - how could it be that such good fortune could shine [...]
Thank you Mrs. Klundt.
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 [...]
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 [...]
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