My parents came up for the weekend and brought with them grandparentness: chocolate chip cookie bars, videos of model trains, presents for two very spoiled children, and love. They also brought a bagful of my childhood they had cleaned out of a Tupperware tub in their storage room. That bag included a Cabbage Patch Kid named Babette; a pair of my red patent leather Mary Janes, which I wore exclusively starting around…
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My parents came up for the weekend and brought with them grandparentness: chocolate chip cookie bars, videos of model trains, presents for two very spoiled children, and love. They also brought a bagful of my childhood…
It’s spring. SPRING! SPRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING. Sweet mercy, I love spring. I don’t care that we still have snow on the ground and it’s 35 degrees the minute the sun sets. I do care that the birds are…
Late last year, I toured North Dakota’s maximum-security prison in Bismarck. If you didn’t know that or would like a refresher, I’ve put a link inside the story below to the article that prompted my dad…
I’ve been sharing good news on North Dakota Nice for almost seven years and sharing good people on North Dakota Today for almost three and so I feel confident stating for an absolute fact that North…
Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a sunny day to talk about Mrs. Kruger’s 5th Grade Class, my Nice People of the Week, and a distinguished motorcycle ride to…
Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a lovely day to talk about the North Dakota Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, as well as Chris Clawson, my Nice Person of…
Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a fun day to talk about Andrew Krauseneck and his Uncle Mark, my Nice People of the Week, as well as a group…
Thank you, friends, for watching and working for North Dakota Today. It was a sunny day to talk about a team of people lending a helping hand to a new South Dakota transplant, as well as…
A wonderful reader of ND Nice – and a retired master chief petty officer of the Navy – has become my pen pal. He sent a few reflections on his now-shuttered hometown church and cemetery as…
You may know a lovely reader of ND Nice named Esther Donohue through her own blog, The Phat Hen, or through her food truck, Sweet Prairie. Esther is a rural North Dakota homesteader, educator, and mother…
A wonderful reader of ND Nice – and a retired master chief petty officer of the Navy – has become my pen pal. He sent a few reflections on his time in the service, and has…
Hey (as they say in Saskatchewan). I am pinch-hitting today (sans torpedo bat) for Amanda, who is under the weather but will totally return next week. As you may have learned in this space, my name…
