Have you ever eaten a Juneberry? They are absolutely delicious. Imagine a blueberry that is sweet and mild, not tangy, with rich undertones of cherries, apples and almonds. The fruits are soft, and their juices explode in your mouth when bitten. Yummy! A slice of Juneberry pie is a treasure. ...
“Where do you live?” the tall gentleman asked me. “I am here from North Dakota,” I replied. He looked as though he had never heard of such a place. I was having breakfast with Abe Lincoln that morning at a conference near his presidential library in Springfield, Illinois. I am not a time traveler. He was a convincing actor who closely resembled Lincoln. In the 1860s, North Dakota was not a state, which explains his perplexity. Before being admitted to the Union in 1889, North Dakota was part of Dakota Territory, along with South Dakota and part of Montana and Wyoming. As I ...
A few weeks ago, I blinked, and a lot of trees changed color. I blinked again last week and found out it was time to rake leaves. Fall seemed to come on pretty quickly this year. Maybe it was because I was busy doing other things. The trees knew it was coming, though, and they ...
The beautiful foliage of fall inspires long walks and drives to admire the changing colors. In fact, some of my friends make trips to northeastern states to see nature’s paintings featuring red, orange, yellow and even purple hues. The pigments in leaves are the same ones found naturally in ...
My mom was excessively neat. The house was immaculate, and dust was her sworn enemy. I know that I severely aggravated her as a child because I didn’t share her inclination for order and cleanliness. Not surprisingly, my mom vigorously cleaned up her flower gardens each fall. Many Dakota ...
“Did you use a recipe?” my husband asked. I didn’t appreciate the tone of his question. “I loosely followed a recipe,” I replied. I had made biscuits and sausage gravy, a food he had grown up eating. I didn’t like the gravy as thick as he made it. We compromised, and the next ...
