Rural Reflections

Rural Reflections

Rural Reflections is a simple approach to daily life viewed from a rural perspective. Grant Nelson is a columnist and podcaster who has written for several area media outlets for almost 22 years. This podcast will take you back to your childhood, or it may make today’s technology seem a bit simpler-or just make you feel good. Grant often writes a letter to his brother, Dave Nelson, who lives in Carrington, North Dakota then invites listeners to peer over his shoulder and hear what he has to say. Rural Reflections is a podcast where it is always Sunday morning.

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May 4, 2026 3 mins

If you can't write poetry, you can always plant it.

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The Rural Reflections headquarters begins a new bird survey just as project feederwatch ends

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April 20, 2026 4 mins

"As we look to the skies at the work of Artemis II, our struggle may unite us"

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"The crinkle of pulp paper and the occasional color picture are elements of farm magazines that bring Rural Reflections back to a time when farming was a passion, more than a business."

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April 7, 2026 3 mins

"In this episode of Rural Reflections, Grant asks brother Dave if his legacy will be his battle with buckthorn"

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March 29, 2026 3 mins

Small projects represent big ideas and welcome learning in this week's Rural Reflections

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March 23, 2026 3 mins

In life or in the gym, you can't get much done until you find out "what's your why?

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High school sports are there to develop healthy bodies and good character, they are not career training.

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When an idea isn't podcast, but it is a paragraph, you put it together with a few other ideas and call it Rural Reflections

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Heading out west to see our dreams comes true and see life from the perspective of Hoyt Axton.

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The loss of valuable soil now has a number attached to it and mirrors a history not worth repeating.

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February 17, 2026 3 mins

Antique, Collectible or just plain old? Grant finds an answer to this question that he never expected.

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February 9, 2026 3 mins

When buying batteries forces a change to white bread and bologna, Grant has to tell his brother Dave.

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February 2, 2026 3 mins

Is the art of thankfulness a victim of one of those cultural changes that always plays to the poorest of character?"

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January 26, 2026 4 mins

There isn't much better than watching high school hockey while two seventh grade annoucers describe it in a way they call, "talkin' hockey.

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January 19, 2026 3 mins

Do you get fired up for the Winter Olympics? Are they any more newsworthy than who plays the halftime show at the Super Bowl?

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January 11, 2026 3 mins

When is the farm shop more than just a shop? Maybe a better question is, "when isn't it?

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January 7, 2026 3 mins

It's winter whether you like it or not, why not try to approach it with a positive attitude?

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December 31, 2025 3 mins

Time for Rural Reflections to wrap up the Christmas season with a letter to brother Dave.

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December 21, 2025 3 mins

Christmas is a time to focus on the greatest gift and to end our focus on the things that get int he way of that gift

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