On Monday morning, the first thing I heard from Cheyenne's mouth with resounding clarity two levels away was, a very loud, screeching, overemphasized, and clearly enunciated - "MOM!!!!" Then I heard her heavy, stomping footsteps on the stairs coming in my direction. When she arrived at the top of the stairs her voice went up [...]
Tag: birds
Art inspires life and life inspires art.
I stumbled across Lora Zombie's art last week and became enamored with it. Her art is wildly unconventional and incredibly odd. I ordered two of her prints straight away even though I have no idea where I will put them in my world of over occupied walls. But when I ordered them I did not [...]
Weed free bird seed!
At my house, we feed the birds - A LOT. On any given day Alfred Hitchcock's movie The Birds could be remade at my house. We are a pretty popular destination and likely in West Fargo's top ten "must visit" locations for birds. We feed the birds in a variety of locations in our yard, [...]
Additional commentary…
Today seems like a good day to do some catching up on a few of my blogs over the past couple of weeks that seem to beg for additional commentary. In regard to my blog yesterday - Thank you City of Fargo! - Guy says, "Would you please explain why a similar article written by a man about a [...]
Say it ain’t so Denny!
I have a big question for Denny Walaker, Mayor of Fargo, today. The question: Is what Bruce Brovold is saying today in his letter to the editor in The Forum true? Is the City of Fargo turning its head while innocent creatures die? Is the City of Fargo actually complicit in their deaths? Okay, that is actually three [...]
The hummingbird’s dance…
Today, while working on a riveting Powerpoint presentation on the current state of emergency management accreditation (and understandably seeking any and all distractions), I saw out my dining room window the tiniest hummingbird I have ever seen. It was so small that I initially thought it was a small dragonfly. I watched the tiny hummingbird dance [...]
Closer to God’s heart…
If I was ever in a situation where I had to decide what to do with the last days, weeks or months of my life, I know exactly what I would do. I think there are lots of folks who have bucket lists with trips or things they have never tried, but want to (like [...]
THE NEW FORTY 