Opinion

Just for giggles, let’s pretend that life is a theater.

This week has had some really beautiful evenings. It gets me excited for the warmer temperatures; the garden planting, flower watering, family walks and enjoying time spent outside with the littles. We went on our first family walk of the year today and there were so many signs of spring on the farm. The geese flying overhead, the later sunset and the bare ground just waiting to turn green.

Ah, springtime! The season of budding flowers, warmer weather, and the melodious symphony of songbirds serenading us from the treetops. But behind those sweet melodies lies a world of avian antics and feathered folly that would leave even the most seasoned birdwatcher in stitches. It’s both a beautiful thing and a difficult thing to wake up to birdsong. It sounds so lovely but it can disturb sleep.

Have you heard of Ribbon Dessert? I imagine there are other names for it but this is what my side of the family and my husband’s call it. As the warmer months approach this is the perfect recipe if you are looking for a chilled dessert. It might even remind you of spring…mud… ha because of the chocolate pudding layer.

Dear Editor:

During this election season, it is important to reemphasize understanding what those we elect are supposed to do as our representative to local, state and federal government. For some time, those we elect have been doing the bidding of minority segments of the overall population, the very wealthy, multinational corporations, religious extremists, and other small subsets of society. The primary purpose of a representative democracy is to do what is in the best interests of most of society, according to the constitution to create a more perfect union. If what is currently happening represents the way to create a more perfect union, most people have an ill-conceived and troubling understanding of what is required to do so.

Hello! Happy National Agriculture month! Let’s look at Canola and Honey…North Dakota ranks #1 in production in the United States for both of these. Do you know how they are related? We grow canola on our farm, so we get to see the relationship that canola and honeybees have first-hand which is so fun!

Jesus answered, “I tell you, if these [people] were silent, the stones would shout out.” -Luke 19:40

The weather made me sin at times.

Mixed messages from my window