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I’m thinking of my mom on this Mother’s Day, as we all are. She’s been gone three and a half years now, but it seems like only yesterday I was making those semi-weekly trips to Hettinger to see her in … Continue reading →

Let me say this about Jean Mason Guy, who buried her husband of 70 years today: I’ve known a few First Ladies of North Dakota, and of all of them, Jean is the one who could easily have filled the … Continue reading →

From the American Licorice Company website:             Snaps® bite-sized chews is the candy with the licorice center, pastel-colored candy coatings, and unique taste. Introduced in the 1930?s, Snaps® brand candy is the nostalgic confection with a legion of rabid fans. … Continue reading →

Okay, here’s  your North Dakota Political Trivia test for today: Name the six candidates for public office in North Dakota in 2012 who raised at least a million dollars for their campaigns. That should be easy, shouldn’t it? Let’s start … Continue reading →

Yesterday I wrote a bit about solitude, the need to sometimes just go where we can be completely alone with nature, and how troubling it has become in western North Dakota that it is harder and harder to find such … Continue reading →

“The lasting change to North Dakota won’t be a physical one, but a cultural one. It’s not what happens to the land, but what happens to the culture of the people once it’s over.” Wow, that gives me pause. They’re … Continue reading →

It’s been nearly a year and a half (December, 2011) since I wrote about the U.S. Postal Service’s plan to close about 3,500 small town post offices, including 76 in North Dakota, as a cost-cutting measure. So I thought I’d … Continue reading →

So Jack Dalrymple didn’t veto the abortion bills. Well, that’s okay. In North Dakota, there’s another way to veto bad legislation. It’s called referral. It’s what we need to do now. The Legislature, in its infinite wisdom, decided to put … Continue reading →

Well, we won the first round on this one. Here’s the first couple of paragraphs from a Bismarck Tribune story, which was posted about 9 o’clock this morning on their website: XTO pulls Elkhorn drilling plan By LAUREN DONOVAN | … Continue reading →

Stop me if you’ve heard this. I’ve told this story before. You can just go about your business. Or you can read on and see if I tell it the same way as you heard it last time. The rest … Continue reading →