I have loved cupcakes since my tiny toddler hands smashed my very first cupcake into my mouth, creating a trail of crumbs and a fantastic frosting mustache. I loved them in elementary school when my … Continue reading
North Dakota Food “Traditions”
I have been a North Dakota resident for all 30 years of my life and I like to think I know the state fairly well. But during a holiday dinner that brought together 12 newly acquainted people from … Continue reading
North Dakota Design Star
In my mind, I am the star of my own reality show. The focus and subject changes often but in the last few weeks I have been on a very long and drawn out episode of “Design Star,” a reality competition … Continue reading
Domestic Diva in Training
My college professor and mentor, Merrie Sue, told me that my desire to sew is a part of “nesting.” The fact that I want to plant a garden, make my own food and sew are all a natural part of growing … Continue reading
Best Advice Ever – for Grandpa C.R.
Grandpa McCurdy often tells the story of my first day of school - he remembers it like it was yesterday. Before I went to kindergarten Grandpa told me I would learn to read. When I came home to the … Continue reading
The Time We Tried to Kill Aunt C
From generation to generation, stories are passed down, each teaching the next how to craft a good tale. We all know good storytellers - they reel you closer by lowering their voice at a suspenseful … Continue reading
Grandma Never Made “Mustache Bats”
Around the time of five holidays each year, I crave my Grandma Helen’s sugar cookies so much that I can actually taste them. Those five times of the year are Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, … Continue reading
Oh, Henry
When my husband and I moved into a 1922 story and ¾ in a cute Fargo neighborhood, we didn’t know we would have a roommate. Shortly after we moved in a friend of mine, who had never been to the home, … Continue reading
Mr. Hollywood, Hardhats and Elmo
**Watch the Moorhead Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, airing on Sunday, Jan. 2 at 7 p.m. Central. I spent the first week of October volunteering to help Fargo-based Heritage Homes with “Extreme … Continue reading
Two-by-Fours and Cookie Dough
I realized recently that my childhood was a calm existence, one that was sheltered from the juvenile violence of boys. While girls are sugar and spice and everything nice, my husband and his two … Continue reading
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