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North Dakota Today | Warm Blanket Hugs and the Downtown Street Fair

Thank you to my friends at North Dakota Today for another great Monday! This morning we talked an amazing organization called Warm Blanket Hugs, that has not only given away 4,000 blankets to date, but also…
P is for Pontoon | August 2, 2023

I had an entirely different story planned for today, but SOMETHING HAPPENED this past weekend and Kyle felt it was important to record it for posterity. I hemmed and hawed for a lot of reasons –…
North Dakota Today | Root Connections and Trudy Soli

Thank you to my friends at North Dakota Today for another wonderful Monday! This morning we talked about a free picnic hosted by Greg Amundson at Amundson Farms, and about an exceptional mentor at the University…
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…

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