As Executive Director of FirstLink, North Dakota’s 211 Helpline and 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, I see every day how financial stress impacts emotional health. With the federal government …
We have all had jobs in our lives that weren’t a great fit - at least I hope we all have and I’m not the only one. I got my first real job (that wasn’t babysitting neighborhood …
In the town where I grew up, kids started playing team sports early. Every spring Saturday for a few years when I was very young, I was dropped off at a random field, made to chase after a ball, then …
Government Shutdown A deal aimed at ending the US government shutdown has passed the Senate, paving the way for the record- breaking impasse to be broken. After a weekend of negotiations in …
These Dodgers took their repeat bid to the limit – Game 7 of the World Series against a talented Toronto Blue Jays team, down to their final two outs and looking for all the world like those …
Halloween has come and gone and I think I’m at least a couple pounds heavier from indulging on the tasty treats of the season. While I loved Halloween as a kid – who doesn’t like to …
Two weekends ago, I suddenly had the idea that we should go camping in the pasture. This is an idea I regularly have in late autumn, but usually don’t act upon. I’m sure it’s …
This weekend, our family took part in one of the most quintessential rural midwestern traditions–the corn maze. Now, I grew up in the metro-Detroit area, which is also technically Midwestern, …
Fighter Jets A US Navy helicopter and a fighter jet both crashed in the same half hour on Sunday during separate routine operations over the South China Sea, with all crew members safely rescued, the …
Somewhere along the way, many of us extroverts start to change. The older we get, the more we shift from being the life of the party to quietly appreciating time spent alone. Maybe it’s …
Thieves stole priceless jewelry from the Louvre in Paris in an audacious seven-minute raid that took place just after the world’s most visited museum opened on Sunday, Oct. 19. In what appeared …
I’ve been feeling very middle-aged lately: Impressed by the breadth of my own experiences and wisdom, but fully embracing that wisdom is mostly knowing how much I don’t know. …
Lately, I’ve been feeling like I’m constantly chasing my own tail. No matter how much I plan or how hard I work, I just can’t seem to catch up. There’s always one more thing …
A couple weekends ago, I packed up my car and headed East to spend the weekend in Grand Forks with my daughter and her fiancée. Her college graduation is rapidly approaching, so we took advantage of …
This week, we sell calves, and I don’t think it will ever stop feeling strange that a whole year of labor comes down to one day. Stranger yet, that one day depends on the whims of everything …
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With a weekend of rain and temperatures forecast to dip into the 30s, a somewhat official final harvest of the community garden seemed in order. A date was set to dig potatoes, beets, carrots, and …
Last weekend we made a brief trip to Watford City to watch our youngest, the bull rider, compete in the NDRA Finals. The season should be over now, so my heart can rest easy! I don’t know much …
This weekend, I drove south to the Black Hills for the annual South Dakota Festival of the Book.
We are enjoying an indulgently beautiful fall, the weather somehow luxuriously warm and cool at the same time. All the moisture we’ve had this summer means the colors aren’t as brilliant as in drier years, but no one seems to mind. Rolling through the open prairie toward the mountains, windows down, …
The United States Postal Service has really done it up good this time. I know I sound like a broken record, but this entire situation has me fuming... and for those who know me personally, you know …
