When I first moved to North Dakota I saw an article in The Forum with a headline that read, Fertile Man Dies. I was puzzled by that headline and I had to ask why it mattered that he was fertile. That is when I learned that in addition to being a biological state, Fertile is [...]
Ding-ding…my patience has expired.
Some days my ability to exercise patience is better than others. I sincerely try to be kind and gracious when things go wrong or folks make a mistake. But I have learned over time that my patience can quickly fall into a downward spiral after either a series of incidents occur in the same day [...]
What are you smoking?
Well, if you haven't heard, there has been quite a furor over a teapot on a billboard in Culver City, California. The billboard featured a simple photo of the Michael Graves Bells and Whistles Stainless Steel Tea Kettle sold by JC Penney. The complaints received so much attention that JC Penney removed the billboard. And [...]
If they stay, they pay.
Well, it seems the City of Moorhead is contemplating a new approach to addressing sandbagging costs in areas that are offered buyouts. The new proposed approach focuses on homeowners who don't take the buyouts. If a homeowner chooses not to take a buyout under the proposed new approach the city will make the homeowner pay [...]
What goes around, comes around.
Last year I had Mike bunny-proof the garden after the adorable little bunny babies that visited us daily had consumed a couple hundred dollars worth of plants by gnawing them down to mere stems. Of particular dismay was the power eating they conducted on my hollyhocks. Apparently, one can have bunnies or hollyhocks in one's [...]
Futures lost and futures won…
Those who are currently serving or have served in the military, those who have a loved one who is serving or has served in the military, and those who have lost a loved one that served in the military tend to have a somber recognition of what Memorial Day seeks to honor. I hesitate to [...]
WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE THINKING??!!
Today I ask the driver of the maroon-colored Saturn MN license plate TUX272 who was driving this morning with an unrestrained toddler in the front seat - WHAT COULD YOU POSSIBLY BE THINKING??!! I was incensed to learn today from Mike that this driver - an older woman - had to make an abrupt stop [...]
THE NEW FORTY 