“Mom, it looks like a cucumber but smells like the sea!” my older daughter commented. She was a lot younger then. She was admiring two small shiny green zucchinis on our counter. She rolled them around and sniffed them again. I’m not sure that why she thought it “smelled like the ...

George Tiller has a knack for growing fruit trees. But he doesn’t just grow fruit trees. He also does what is called espalier or shaping the trees by pruning and tying branches, and also grafting. The Minot man has fruit trees in his yard and also in containers. Tiller started growing ...

“What is the topic of your grant proposal?” I asked the person sitting next to me on a plane. Our conversation occurred nearly a decade ago, but I still remember it. She was a medical doctor working in gastrointestinal research. “It’s a new line of research,” she said. “We are ...

When we join our interests with others, it is always a win! I came to experience this first hand when I joined the Minot State Art Club as a student. We would hold regular meetings and discuss art topics. It was, however, our spring trip to Minneapolis to see the Picasso exhibit at the Walker ...

A most exciting and magical thing recently happened to Jan and me. We were invited to a summer dinner party at the home of Brad and Jackie Thomas. For some time, we had said “let’s get together some evening for dinner.” Jackie made it happen when she invited us along with Judith Howard ...

(Editor’s note: This is Part 2 of “Jean McNaughton Stevens Never Led A Quiet Life.” Part 1 was published in the July 23-24 Weekend Edition of The Minot Daily News.) Jean McNaughton Stevens had a long list of accomplishments due to her ability to communicate and lead. She would host ...