Tag Archives: family

Areavoices Digest #74 – Are you training for the marathon?

Posted on May 1, 2012 by Tracy Briggs

Their numbers seem to multiply around this time every year. The snow is gone and the weather hasn’t yet turned hot. Runners are coming out of the woodwork, some to train for upcoming marathons (The Fargo Marathon is May 17-19th) … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #73 – Capitalizing on the Pinterest explosion

Posted on April 25, 2012 by Tracy Briggs

No doubt you’ve heard about the meteoric rise of Pinterest. In two short years, the digital bulletin board has become the third most popular social network trailing only behind Facebook and Twitter in the number of monthly users. In fact,  … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #68 – Dogs, Swedish best friends and a Blurg?

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Tracy Briggs

I’m so impressed by the caliber of new bloggers jumping on Areavoices. I’m continually astonished by the variety of great information now available on these blogs and in turn on our news websites. Here are some of our newest bloggers. … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #64 – Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota’s New Tool, Active and Disabled, and a Minnesotan in China?

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Tracy Briggs

Areavoices welcomes Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Dakota to our platform. The world of health insurance is ever changing and the news comes fast and furious. The Blue Cross Blue Shield Areavoices blog provides one more way for the … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #58 – Food, family, photography and BISON!

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Tracy Briggs

After a week away, it’s time for another Areavoices Digest of recommended blogs. Not everyone was taking a break during the holidays.  It looks like quite a few people were busy setting up Areavoices blogs for the new year. Four … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #57 – Check these blogs before you finish your Christmas shopping

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

Can you guess how many iPads will be sold this holiday season? According the the technology research firm Gartner about 63.4 million media tablets will be sold in the last three months of this year, about 3/4 of them are … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #55 – Talking Baseball and more

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

The snow might be starting to fall outside my window, but at Areavoices we’re talking Major League baseball. I’m excited that one of our favorite bloggers, Chad Jacobsen of Twins Focus has taken on the task of starting a new … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #48 – This is fall, really?

Posted on September 28, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

My husband has been in a funk lately. He’s not a fan of hot weather. He’s longing for what he calls “real fall weather.” You know crisp, football weather. As for me, I’m all about milking every last warm day … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #47 – Do you eat dinner with your family?

Posted on September 21, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

It’s something we used to see on “Leave it to Beaver.” June Cleaver clad in heels and pearls serving a meat and potatoes dinner around the table. Wally and Beaver shared details from their day. (I don’t remember what Beave … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #40 – From We Fest to Watercolors

Posted on August 3, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

This is the weekend some country music fans wait for all year. It’s been called the Super Bowl of country music festivals. We Fest draws thousands of visitors to Detroit Lakes, Minnesota every August for concerts and camping. This year, … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #39 – Learning more about Home Schooling

Posted on July 27, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

In the past few months Areavoices has been happy to welcome dozens of schools into the blogosphere. From preschools to elementary schools from  high schools to colleges, administrators, teachers and students are publishing their own news right on the homepages … Continue reading →

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How green is your thumb?

Posted on July 13, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

I’ve always had a brown thumb. Plants don’t stand a chance in my house. I haven’t had much luck with my garden either. That is, until I planted strawberries a couple of summers ago. They’ve gone completely nuts this year. … Continue reading →

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A “silver bullet” worth thousands!

Posted on May 20, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

Often times when I’m visiting with two of my favorite Areavoices bloggers; Scott Brusven of the Fargo-Moorhead Community Theatre and Melissa Schmalenberger of MS Simplicity I find myself thinking I wish I could just bottle them both up and take … Continue reading →

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Is This Just a Big ‘Ole Waste of Time?

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

So it’s a new week. I want to try something new in my blog. I’ve spent a good deal of time talking to you in this blog, recommending the latest and greatest blogs on Areavoices, offering blogging tips, etc. I … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #31 – Here’s “The Dirt”

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

With summer almost here, I know gardening will be a hot topic for Areavoices. That’s why I was excited to see The Dirt, one of our newest blogs. Check it out and the other recommended blogs of the week.   … Continue reading →

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Mother’s Day blogs – From Momma’s to Peace Garden Mama’s

Posted on May 6, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

I used to love Erma Bombeck. Even before I was a mom myself, I appreciated her witticisms about life as a housewife, from mundane chores, “My second favorite household chore is ironing. My first being hitting my head on the … Continue reading →

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Tag:You’re it!

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

Here’s a little Areavoices 101 on getting your blog seen. Tag: you’re it. Tag words are those keywords that you put at the end of your blog post which summarize what your blog post was about. And to gain greater … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #28 – Just in time for Easter, a blog for the chicks!

Posted on April 20, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

I’ve been writing these blog recommendations since September of last year and I can safely say, this is a first. I’ve never recommended a blog about raising chickens in your home, but I will today. Happy Easter. And Cluck Cluck. … Continue reading →

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Areavoices Digest #27 – From Conquering Bulldogs to Sharing Mommas

Posted on April 13, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

It’s been a big week for the University of Minnesota Duluth – First the victory in the NCAA Men’s Hockey Championship. Now they’re part of areavoices. Okay, I admit, the first thing might be a little more exciting for them. … Continue reading →

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Looking for a few good Bob Vilas (or even Tim “The Toolman” Taylors)

Posted on April 12, 2011 by Tracy Briggs

So you’ve spent all winter sitting in your house, staring at your four walls thinking, “Man, once summer comes I need to fix that, or build that, or paint that!” It’s time to start thinking about those home improvement projects. … Continue reading →

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