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    Life in a Northern Town

    Chill on the Bone-Chilling

    Holding forth on summer for winter, fabled riffraff & the chaotic psychology of kitchen calendar imagery.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 1 yearFebruary 3, 2022 ago
    Life in a Northern Town

    Cold Enough For Ya?

    Yah, sure. Youbetchya. They say Fargo, N.D. USA is “warm & welcoming.” Ummmm… Up here we say, “Keeps the riff-raff out.” Not so sure about that one, either. * Yeah, I know youbetchya is “you betcha” everywhere else. But listen to someone say it. 😉

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 1 yearJanuary 7, 2022 ago
    Image of a bicycle covered in snow from October 12, 2019
    Life in a Northern Town

    Life in a Northern Town – “Spokes 10-12-19”

    “April is the cruelest month”? Clearly T.S. Eliot was never in the Great Plains for a mid-fall blast of cold and snow. And yet… perhaps there’s a little beauty there, too.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 4 yearsOctober 12, 2019 ago
    "Broken Spring" by Mira M. Fredricks
    Life in a Northern Town

    Life in a Northern Town – “Spring Break” or “Spring Broken”?

    March 9, 2019  |  Fargo, N.D. © Mira M. Fredricks, 2019  

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 4 yearsMarch 11, 2019 ago
    Image of a Jeep in a snowbank to illustrate story about car thief getting stuck in the snow.
    Life in a Northern Town

    Life in a Northern Town – Nicked by a Snowbank

    AND THE SNOWBANK GETS THE ARREST ASSIST! Only in North Dakota/Minnesota…. This story by KFGO radio was picked up by several local media outlets last week (Feb. 19, 2019) – Chase, Crash and Arrest From Moorhead Into Fargo Fargo, N.D. (KFGO) – A Fargo man was arrested after backing a Read more…

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 4 yearsFebruary 24, 2019 ago
    Life in a Northern Town

    Life in a Northern Town – Sno’i’bou

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 4 yearsFebruary 23, 2019 ago
    Life in a Northern Town

    Life in a Northern Town – Autocicles

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    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 4 yearsFebruary 19, 2019 ago
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