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In America, we call them pancakes | July 26, 2023

Kyle and the boys came home on Monday from a long weekend in Canada. They returned with Coffee Crisps, Aero Bars, a promotional travel folding stool, and our 11-year-old niece. Our niece stayed with us for…
North Dakota Today | Vikings and Fargo PD

Thank you to my fantastic friends at North Dakota Today for another great Monday! This morning we talked about a group of friends who turned from “ballbarians” to professional reality show background players, as well as…
A Nice Start | by Robin L. Silverman

I’m Amanda’s Mom. You might be wondering how she came to be the nicest blog writer on the planet. So I thought I’d share the backstory. It started when she was tiny. I mean, really…
Painting with Friends | July 19, 2023

Kyle took the boys up to his dad’s house in Saskatchewan this past weekend and I didn’t go (boo) because of my work schedule – meaning that for the first time in twelve years, I was…
North Dakota Today | Lemonade in Leeds and Women Who Explore

Thank you to the wonderful people at North Dakota Today for another wonderful Monday! This morning we talked about three sisters who are raising money to repair the community pool in Leeds (click here to learn…
Help save the Leeds Pool!

Olivia (age 8), Isabel (age 5), and Emma (age 4) Tufte are selling lemonade in order to raise enough money to repair the Ed Nestegard Municipal Swimming Pool in Leeds, North Dakota. Last year, they raised…
The Tale of the Dry Oil | July 12, 2023

In an effort to avoid aging into a pile of melted candle wax, I recently upped my beauty and health regimen from its lifelong level of “Absolutely Nothing” to “Whatever It Takes, So Long As Whatever…
North Dakota Today | Summer Performing Arts (SPA) and gravesite cleanups

Thank you to North Dakota Today for my favorite way to start a Monday! This morning we talked about The Summer Performing Arts Company (SPA)’s community initiative (bring your school supplies and Christmas gifts to their…
The Wonder Cousins | July 5, 2023

I am writing this from a hotel room in Ann Arbor after 15 hours in the front seat of a rented Chrysler Pacifica minivan so that my boys and I could take our annual 4th of…
The art of the anecdote, or what I’ve learned about little hurricanes | June 28, 2023

My Grandma Marion taught memoir writing at New York University for over 30 years, and one of her most popular workshops was called “The Art of the Anecdote.” An anecdote is, simply, a self-contained short story. …