It is always nice when North Dakota is noted as being number one for something positive. We have been on some top ten lists that we are not proud of - such as underage drinking, binge drinking, more bars per capita, highest apartment rental costs, largest condoms, etc. I cringe when we claw our way [...]
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The North Dakota Hillbillies
Enchanting indeed!
In all my time in North Dakota - about 17 years now - I have never visited the Enchanted Highway. I have heard that it is a route you can catch near Dickinson on your way to or from the Black Hills. The 32 mile stretch of highway features a series of giant-sized scrap metal [...]
North Dakota goes Hollywood!
I am not a diehard fan of American Idol, but I am a diehard fan of North Dakota. As such, I will be tuning into American Idol this year to watch one of North Dakota's own - 19 year-old Andrina Brogden. Andrina was born in Bismarck but was raised (since age 6) in West Fargo. [...]
The added ingredient that is not on the menu…
Running across delightful people as one goes about daily life is a gift. It is amazing the power a positive interaction, however brief, can have on one's mood. Spreading cheer can be as simple as a nice comment or a kindness shown. It can happen anywhere where people cross each others' paths - to include [...]
Extraordinary places…
I have always liked North Dakota's Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem. He appears to me to be a level-headed and fair guy. But I must say, having learned of Stenehjem's proposal to the North Dakota Industrial Commission to try and protect a number of "extraordinary places" in North Dakota by putting in place rules to minimize [...]
What pizza company made the pizza?
Perhaps you heard that a local pizza delivery driver was robbed at gunpoint Sunday night at an apartment building in South Fargo. Apparently, the three robbers ordered the pizza and supplied an apartment number at the location that did not exist so they could descend upon the delivery driver when she arrived. According to the [...]
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