There is snow in the forecast. John Wheeler is predicting three to six inches tonight and into Sunday. Hmmm...I am not so sure that we'll get that much. Of course, I am not a meteorologist or a climatologist, but where snow is concerned I have been Nancy Drew since the fall of last year. As Nancy Drew [...]
Horrible inequities…
Three West Fargo students died over the past three days. Three families lost beloved children, students lost friends, and the community lost its sense of serenity. Whenever a young person dies there is a sense that something in the universe has gone horribly awry. There is something so difficult to absorb about a young person leaving [...]
Are you a try-hard?
The other day Cheyenne was telling me a story about a group she was working with at school and said about one of the group members, "She's a tri-hard." I laughed out loud when I heard it and told her that I think she meant to say die-hard. To that she replied, "No, I meant [...]
I pray…
Two North Dakota soldiers were killed in Afghanistan on Monday. The soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Darren Linde, 41, of Devils Lake, and Spc. Tyler Orgaard, 20, of Bismarck, were doing a routine clearance operation when an improvised explosive device struck their vehicle. Spc. Ian Placek, 23, also of Bismarck, was injured in the explosion that [...]
If you meet one person with autism, you’ve met one person with autism.
There is a saying often uttered in the autism community, "If you meet one person with autism, you've met one person with autism." Autism is not a definitional box filled with discrete behavioral, neurological, or physical descriptors - it is a spectrum filled with ranges of color and shading, nuances upon nuances, and palettes that [...]
WCCO Belting – two thumbs up!!!
Today I want to give a shout out to WCCO Belting in Wahpeton. I had never heard of WCCO Belting before today, but it only took one story in The Forum to put them on the top of my favorites list. The reason the company is on my favorites list is simple: they evidence loyalty [...]
The urge to purge…
I have been feeling the urge to purge lately. I think it may have something to do with watching too much HGTV. Almost all the homes on those shows look clean, organized, and above all else - minimalistic. Living and cleaning seems easy in those homes. Folks have a few choice things they love around and [...]
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