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The orchid family is one of the largest and most diverse family of flowering plants and widely recognized for their attractive and fragrant flowers. Even though we can now find orchids for sale in several big box stores, the mention of orchids often brings out thoughts of exotic tropical locations.

I’m on my way to St. Paul for the annual meeting of the Agricultural History Society (yes, there really is such a thing, comprising an impressive community of scholars), where I’m supposed to present a paper entitled, “A Hidden Hand: The Significance of Climate Change in Great Plains History.”

We’re just home from a Lawrence Welk weekend, and by that I mean, total immersion in all things Welk. Three things came together.

It might surprise you, but the fox squirrel is not native to North Dakota.

Sworn in as the 18th President of the United States on March 4, 1869, Ulysses S. Grant found himself in a bind. Prospectors were swarming into the West. New settlers made their way into Dakota Territory. The Transcontinental Railroad was nearly complete. Trails across the Great Plains were turning into roads. All this progress increased conflicts with Native American tribes.

Episode 40 features musician Kate Daisy Grant, indie singer-songwriter Thalia Zedek, singer Amelia Coburn, and Americana musician Alaina Stacey. Plus, a visit with Brian Rodgers of Camp ReCreation in Richardton, North Dakota, which is marking its 50th year serving people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Episode 145 features Wisconsin singer-songwriter Hillary Reynolds, Minnesota bluegrass and jazz trio Squid City Slingers, country artist Katie Wallace, Celtic performer Joy Shannon, and Theodore Roosevelt historian and performer Kurt Skinner.

In late June 1898, a North Dakota boy—I suspect he was a serviceman en route to the Philippines—got homesick and wrote home to his mother in Jamestown. The question on his mind?: “Are there lots of juneberries at home? I would rather fall into a patch of juneberries, chokecherries, or bullberries than to have all the tame fruit in California.”

It is not too early to start looking for some Juneberry patches to harvest this summer.

The killing of MN Speaker Emerita Melissa Hortman, her husband and the wounding of another lawmaker and his wife, has politicians regionwide reconsidering how to balance the need for their safety and access for their constituents.