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My mind is all over the place today. I’m trying to wrap up loose ends before a whirlwind, three-day trip to Fargo for the National Federation of Press Women convention and Communicator of Achievement awards banquet.

Plenty of notes and reminders cover my desk, a few email snippets from friends with suggestions for the convention and hot spots in North Dakota.

Wait! There are hot spots in North Dakota? A former student of mine lives there and suggested the craft beer scene is exceptional and said we definitely have to take a selfie with the Fargo wood chipper or we really can’t say we�...