For most of the last ten days there was at least 100 degrees difference in the temperature where I was eating, sleeping, and playing, and the temperature in my back yard in Bismarck. The colors are different too. White where I came from, green where I am now. That’s the reason Lillian and I came … Continue reading Halfway Through A Winter Odyssey
Author: Jim Fuglie
Jim Fuglie is a former North Dakota Tourism Director who grew up hunting, fishing and hiking in southwest North Dakota. He is retired and lives in Bismarck and spends much of his time in his garden, fishing on the Missouri River, and exploring the back roads and trails of the North Dakota Bad Lands.
Tom Robbins Is Dead. Dang.
But Tom Robbins lived a long time. He was 92 when he died Sunday. Still . . . I wish he’d written just one more book. I could never get enough of him. I never met Tom Robbins. But I came close. It was long ago, back in 1990 or ‘91, when I was North … Continue reading Tom Robbins Is Dead. Dang.
Monday Morning Musings
A few years ago, Lillian and her sister and her niece took a long trip to England, about three weeks, I think. About two weeks in, I was folding laundry one morning, and when I was done, I looked down and noticed the laundry was all mine. Not a single thing of hers. … Continue reading Monday Morning Musings
‘The Future Of The Common People’
A little while ago I inherited a collection of North Dakota History magazines from some really old (well, older than me) neighbors, who moved away to assisted living and had to disperse a lot of things they had collected over the years. Some date back to as early as 1973. I aleady have a bunch … Continue reading ‘The Future Of The Common People’
Focus On Education
(My friend Darrell Dorgan is comfortably ensconced in his condo in south Florida, spending his days walking his dog Coco on the beach, but, as a lifelong newsman in North Dakota, he's keeping up with the news back home in Bismarck. He spent some time last week digging into what's going on in the North … Continue reading Focus On Education
Ukrainian swimmer gliding to success for DHS
DHS junior swimmer Bohdan Shevchenko prepares for his race at the West River Community Center. I'm reprinting this story from The Dickinsn Press. It's one of the most heart-warming stories I've found in a newspaper in a long, long time. By Jacob Cheris The Dickinson Press January 10, 2025 at 6:10 AM DICKINSON — DHS junior … Continue reading Ukrainian swimmer gliding to success for DHS
‘The New Boy Just Could Not Sing’
The new Bob Dylan movie (which was excellent) has generated a lot of talk about Bob, and newspapers and magazines are writing about it a lot. Here in North Dakota, The Forum has done a few stories, because Dylan did a brief stopover there between Hibbing and New York. He played with a couple of … Continue reading ‘The New Boy Just Could Not Sing’
Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow
My readers know I am a gardener. It's a love I inherited from my father, who grew a garden full of vegetables, with varying degrees of success, each summer, to treat his family to fresh produce. Fresh produce wasn't something you could get in grocery stores in rural North Dakota in the 1950s and 1960s. … Continue reading Mighty Oaks From Little Acorns Grow
Dear Santa . . .
What’s your favorite day of the week? Mine’s Thursday. It used to be Saturday back in my working days, but now . . . in retirement, pretty much every day is Saturday. But Thursday is now my favorite day because that’s the day the two weekly newspapers I subscribe to arrive in my mailbox. Well, … Continue reading Dear Santa . . .
What If?
Christmas is a time for dreams, and for dreamers. It’s a time of wonder. I wonder . . . There’s a proposal making the rounds to create a new National Monument in western North Dakota, encompassing 11 areas in the North Dakota Bad Lands, land owned by the federal government, but leased to ranchers for … Continue reading What If?
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