I'm not sure what to think about August.In some respects, it's as good a month as there is in the state of North Dakota. The weather is usually warm and dry, perfect for a weekend at the lake, a ball game or a bike ride. Area farms and gardens are starting to kick out masses of produce, so ...
Only the most optimistic Minnesota Twins fans had the team finishing above .500 this year.Those who predicted the Twins to make the playoffs were few, and likely mentally unstable.It's been another long season for those of us who cheer for the nine from the state to our immediate east.It hasn't ...
After months of summer withdrawal, I've finally started to get my fill of fun over the past few weeks.Once our production of "Les Miserables" was completed, I found myself with plenty of spare time, especially at night.As I've written before, I'd been craving all things summer, including ...
Well, maybe I came, I baked, I conquered.I've been known to exaggerate or stretch the truth in the pages of this column, sometimes for comedic value and other times to make myself seem way cooler and more interesting than I actually am.But last week when I bragged about having one of the best ...
Growing up in Minot, there was almost nothing better than going to the North Dakota State Fair.Even when I got older, I was fired up about the fair. One year when I was a sports writer at the Minot Daily, I lobbied to do columns each day from the fair for the news section to give readers an ...
By the time you read this column, the Village Arts production of "Les Miserables," will be completed. But as I write, there is one more night remaining in the sold-out four-night run.So far, it's been an incredibly successful show and I think audiences have enjoyed it.It's been fun, and like ...
The embattled former chancellor of North Dakota's higher education system's year from hell is over, and it seems like he's burned some bridges.In the timespan between Thursday, June 20 and Friday, June 21 (which was when this column was written), Hamid Shirvani was placed on administrative ...
I have written with great excitement in the previous episodes of this column about my brand, spanking new garden, my first attempt at growing anything other than long hair.But I was slapped in the face with a dose of reality during a recent trip to the garden this week.So far, the process has ...
In my slightly more than six month term in Rugby, I have attended dozens of meetings. Probably half of them have included at least some discussion of what is now referred to as Chalmer's First Addition, a proposed housing development in southeast Rugby.The development, done in conjunction with ...
After more than six months living in Rugby, I had started to get used to small-town life. No traffic jams, everyone gives a friendly wave when they see you on the street.Then suddenly I was thrown into a bizarro world last weekend when I visited New York City.It was only my second trip to New ...