Jeff Krogstad's Blog: Jeff Krogstad, author, page 2

Eighty years ago

In the dark pre-dawn of June 6, my uncle Earl’s unconscious body was pulled from the icy waters of the English Channel. His LCT-A foundered en route to the largest mili...

Superabundance

My farm girl keeping the jungle under control

I have been neglecting this blog for a few weeks. Every other area o...

carpe diem

Showing off four titles at Ferguson’s Books & More, West Fargo on May 18

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To everything there is a season

Under construction September 2021 on the left; decommissioned May 2024 on the right.

Last entry I wrote about get...

Do hard things

Spring, 2021. Redoing the door on my “new” house. The custom front steps give you an idea what life was like…

When...

Washburn Get Lit Event

We had a fantastic time in Washburn! This was their “first annual” literary festival, so there was a lot of figuring things out happening. For all that, Melissa at the Chamber of Commerce did an amazing job of driving the event, coordinating many different facets, and making everyone feel so welcome. It’s exciting to already be thinking about next April and what the event might be like by that time. One challenge was the road construction. Downtown Washburn is completely torn up, so it was a cha...

The tension of Easter

I listened to a radio show yesterday at work. As part of the schtick, they discussed (at some length, including a listener survey) their favorite Easter candy.

It got me thinking about Easter, and how carefully we avoid its message. Like the pagan cultures that celebrated some kind of spring festival, we would rather have a holiday that points us to birds, bunnies, and blooming flowers. With a little creativity, we can tie the resurrection of Jesus into that structure. Lilies. Baskets. New life…...

Fair trade books event

A few of the family and friends who joined us at Fair Trade Books

We had a wonderful time on March 23 (yesterday a...

Fair trade books author event

A few of the family and friends who joined us at Fair Trade Books

We had a wonderful time on March 23 (yesterday a...

Life update

Here’s the latest news from our neck of the woods:

Last night we met with the guy who’s going to be moving our house. We talked about how the house needs to be prepped and exactly what he’ll be doing to take a 70x28 foot house, lift it off its foundation, and transport it 17 miles to our farm. Seems crazy that it’s even possible. We have a lot of details to take care of in the next few weeks. Praise God, last weekend we were able to move the upright piano (they marketed them as “cabinet grand pi...