Early winter in North Dakota is unlike anything else – a time of transition, not just in the weather, but in mindset. The landscape quiets. The urgency of fall – hunting seasons, harvest, migration – fades and the brown turns white. Christmas[...]
In March 1920, a 16-year-old girl named Hazel Miner lay on top of her younger brother and sister as a blizzard raged across Oliver County. She kept them alive. She didn’t survive. It’s one of those North Dakota stories that gets passed[...]
As daylight fades and winter stretches on, the Nordic countries offer lessons in how to stay grounded when the season feels long. Experts across Norway, Sweden, and Finland say the key is structure—protecting sleep rhythms, staying connected socially, and keeping movement part[...]
North Dakota’s early winter hasn’t delivered the steady cold needed to build reliable ice, and that’s keeping game wardens on alert. In a new video, Game Warden Supervisor Jackie Lundström walks hunters and anglers through the real risks of thin ice and[...]
As a gardener, I have had it with this frigid winter. I long to experience lush greenery but it is too early to start my flower seeds. Booking a flight to Florida isn’t in the budget. However, a long weekend in St.[...]
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At Lake Minnewasta, winter’s deep freeze became a canvas for creativity. As part of Morden’s Multicultural Winterfest, teams of carvers turned massive ice blocks into shimmering sculptures—maple leaves, film tributes, and abstract forms reflecting both skill and imagination. Architect Peter Hargraves, who[...]
“These blocks would be great for snow forts,” I thought to myself. When I was a little kid, I would have been wearing knee-high boots lined with bread bags as we built snow forts. All of the moms used the bread bag[...]
“Take small scoops, and lift with your legs – not your back,” I said to myself. I was clearing an unexpected snowfall and high winds that led to drifting. The city snow plow had dropped a very generous amount of snow at[...]
As the days grow shorter and the air turns crisp, winter often feels like a season of hibernation. But what if it didn’t have to be that way? Researcher Kari Leibowitz ventured into the depths of the world’s most frigid winters, not[...]
There’s no such thing as bad weather, only bad clothing. And in that bit of wisdom is the key to a mindset that thinks of winter not as period to survive, but an opportunity to thrive. This is a great article. [...]Read[...]
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The dark days of winter can be hard to bear. Sometimes what you need is a really stupid and pointless gesture, something that does nothing but make you smile and think for a split second — something like a pair of frozen[...]
If you’re new to North Dakota, we have one rule winter driving rule that’s more important than the others — if you’re stranded in Winter, stay with your car. Here’s a great story of survival and the consequences almost forty years later. [...]Read[...]