Category Archives: north dakota

I Rode My Bicycle Past Your Window Last Night

Posted on May 25, 2020 by ljager1

This song popped into my head as I was thinking about writing this post about biking, as it seemed to me that I remembered there being a bike reference in it. It’s funny how random songs will pop into your … Continue reading →

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Maawwwmmm!!!

Posted on December 23, 2018 by ljager1

I’ve been thinking about my Mom a lot since she passed away unexpectedly about three months ago. Sometimes the memories are prompted in a surprising way. Last week a co-worker came into my office late in the afternoon with an … Continue reading →

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Riding in The Back Seat: Christmas and Other Small Town Memories

Posted on December 17, 2016 by ljager1

This time of year when I am Christmas shopping I often think of a favorite childhood holiday candy. Growing up in the small town of Devils Lake, ND, our family belonged to St. Olaf Lutheran Church. We participated in the … Continue reading →

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Why? Why Not Minot

Posted on December 10, 2016 by ljager1

I’ve been meaning to write this post for a few years now. Why? Because I am intrigued and a little perplexed why people keep visiting a post I wrote more than five years ago called “Why Not Minot”  At the time, … Continue reading →

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Sir and Mad Visit Aunt Spoon

Posted on September 25, 2016 by ljager1

“Your Mom’s cousins are here,” my cousin’s husband Marty tells their daughter (an actress) who is calling from LA. My sister (Sir) Julie and her daughter Madison and my niece (Mad) and I (Aunt Spoon) are sitting in my cousin’s … Continue reading →

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A Snowless, Cold-less Winter

Posted on February 19, 2016 by ljager1

It’s been eight months since I last wrote my last blog post last June. It’s not been from lack of time, but more lack of focus, direction and inspiration. For those of you who have been with me since the … Continue reading →

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Blog Year in Review

Posted on December 29, 2015 by ljager1

Greetings from CA blog readers, that is if there are still any of you left out in the blogosphere still reading my blog, since I haven’t posted anything new in six months. Overall, life in California is good. And here … Continue reading →

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A warm and lemony visit

Posted on March 19, 2015 by ljager1

As I write this blog in mid March it is Spring Eve and the weather has been fluctuating wildly in Colorado over the last several weeks. Just a few days ago it was approaching near 80 degrees and just a … Continue reading →

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Bedtime at Grandma’s

Posted on December 23, 2014 by ljager1

I have wonderful memories of both sets of my grandparents, especially from around the holidays. We typically spent Christmas Eve in Devils Lake, N.D., with my paternal grandparents who tended to have a little louder, looser and larger gathering – … Continue reading →

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Lasagna Heaven

Posted on December 5, 2014 by ljager1

This column appeared in a recent edition of the Devils Lake Journal newspaper in my hometown of Devils Lake, North Dakota. Since I started writing this column, I have written a lot about recipes and foods I enjoy that have … Continue reading →

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