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birth of a sandbag
This morning, we awoke to snow-covered ground and school cancellations. Even our big West Acres Mall, last I heard, had been closed. You know it’s bad when the mall closes. In other parts of the state,...
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flood: a view from the inside 5
This isn’t the first time I’ve posted photos of our deck in "spring," the table, grill and railing heaped with snow. But it’s the first time I’ve posted them while a river rages a couple miles in the...
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This will be my last installment of "flood: a view from the inside." My next post, if all goes as planned, will be written from the outside. The kids and I will leave tomorrow morning with the intent...
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fargo flood 09: a view from the outside
What a difference a day makes. Yesterday, we were on the run, fleeing the rising river. Today, we are rested, well-fed, and much-relieved. That’s not to say we’ve forgotten what we just left; not by a...
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I just heard from a friend who is still in the flood battle zone. With permission from her, and with names and numbers and a few lines deleted, I will post her email message below. Though I am on the...
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fargo to san antonio day 4 (the wrapup)
Fargo to San Antonio Day 4 I’m writing this after midnight, so technically, I’m into the final day of the NFPW trip now, and in a matter of hours, will be home in Fargo reuniting with my family if all...
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fargo to san antonio day 5 (safe landing)
Fargo to San Antonio Day 5 We’re landed, back on North Dakota soil. I love coming into North Dakota this time of day — a time when the sun offers natural fill light, illuminating a vast patchwork of...
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7 quick takes friday (vol. 21)
Welcome to “Quick Takes,” an occasional feature that will never be quite the same now that I’ve actually met the host. I guess that’s a great place to begin. —1— North-to-South blogger luncheon....
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lent 2010: surrender
Red River, Spring 2009 "The Lord tenderly loves those who have the happiness of abandoning themselves totally to the fatherly care of Divine Providence. They do no stop to consider if it is...
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mama mondays: summertime stroll in fargo
I know it’s nearly the middle of July, but I feel like my summer has just begun. Having helped the kids close out the school year, worked to pull together the pieces of one job and started a new one,...
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writing wednesdays: in the bowels of the ho-do
Just when you think you know your city, turns out there’s so much more you don’t know. And sometimes, it takes descending the bowels of some of the city’s most interesting offerings to learn what the...
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meaningful mondays: kiss from God (reunion with a friend)
I’ve known Christina for several years now, but it’s only been recently that I’ve been in her physical presence and gotten to know her in the flesh. Christina was the driving force behind our writers’...
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faith & family fridays: my part-time ministry: lunching with friends
I’m finally going to call it what it is: a ministry. Boy that feels good! For years, I’ve not been giving it its due, but more and more, I am seeing the truth of it, this lunching with friends that I...
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