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 ...
Minot’s Best Bites delivered a night of food, fun and community connection on Aug. 27, with nearly 6,000 samples served as local restaurants showcased some of the best flavors the community has to offer. Presented by Aspire Credit Union, the event brought together 16 local food vendors at Citizens Alley. In total, 5,960 samples were sold, with 13 of the 16 participating vendors selling out. Taking the top spot for the night was Iron Horse Kitchen and Bar, which sold an impressive 651 sliders, making its sliders the most popular individual item of the event. In addition to ...
I recall my neighbor’s prolific apple tree that we would help harvest every fall. It was a very tall tree, so harvesting apples required a ladder. I guess no one ever pruned the tree. Maybe it just seemed enormous because I was small back then. We enjoyed apple pie, apple crisp, apple ...
