I just have to gush again. Since we don’t have a snowblower we shovel our driveway and sidewalks.  Our neighbors on either side of us both have snowblowers.  At least four times this winter they have attacked the snow in our driveway before we could get to it with the shovel…the latest incident was this [...]

The North Dakota Ambassador web site, www.LuvND.com has undergone some changes.  Now it includes a member’s section that will allow ND ambassadors to share news, submit business leads, blog about great North Dakota things, look for jobs in North Dakota, etc.  This may be something fun to browse through and perhaps try out.

I’m sure that’s not surprising to anyone, but I have to admit I’m grateful.  I struggled to get two very full garbage cans down to the curb this morning in another new layer of snow.   It’s soft and beautiful but very cold and I’m sure it’s no fun to work in…so thanks to all the [...]

I’ve heard about North Dakota nice but never considered it quite the way that John Irby put it in his latest column.  He asks whether North Dakota is too nice, and whether the niceness of people here gets in the way of justice. Definitely food for thought.  Read about it here.

After a twelve-hour day, the last thing I wanted to do was go to a junior-high band concert–but there I was, and believe it or not, I thoroughly enjoyed it.  The concert was entertaining, the children were brilliant and the music was energizing.  I couldn’t have picked a better way to spend the evening.  North [...]

According to this Minot Daily News article, an oil summit held in Williston Tuesday was full of positive vibes…except where getting more funding to maintain roads was concerned. However, that issue will most likely be addressed in the upcoming legislative session.  Meanwhile, North Dakota leaders seem to have strong faith that our oil industry will [...]

Bismarck Tribune reporter Brian Duggan recently wrote a column about North Dakota’s economy, saying that it wasn’t what he expected it to be.  While touting the state’s relatively healthy economy, which many people attribute to oil development on the Bakken formation, Duggan worked in the forecasts showing a slightly higher chance than 50/50 that the recession will [...]

The German Prince Maximilian of Weid, according to this Bismarck Tribune article, was an explorer akin to (and slightly later than) Lewis and Clark.  He also traveled through the North Dakota area and made his own discoveries. From the article: He acquired an unparalleled collection of Mandan and Hidasta goods. And he kept detailed illustrated [...]

On December 7 (tomorrow) the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is hosting an open house in their newly-remodeled meeting house.  The open house starts at 6:00 p.m.  At 7:00 p.m., the First Presidency’s Christmas devotional will be broadcast into the chapel.  The meeting house is located on Country West Road in Bismarck, just west [...]

According to this Minot Daily News article, the Turtle Mountains near Bottineau, North Dakota could be another oil hotspot.  If so, oil activity could eventually move east of the Bakken oil formation, which has seen heavy drilling in the past year.