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    Sugar Cookie

    The perfect balance between soft and firm, slightly crumbly, a little buttery and always sweet.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsJune 22, 2020 ago
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    We all pay for our sins somehow.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsApril 12, 2020 ago
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    Raisins to the Rescue

    Jump. Run. Walk. Ball. Throw. Catch. Milk. Baby… Mother.

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 3 yearsMarch 13, 2020 ago
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    Father’s Day – Heat Lightning

    The front porch of our little, off-white stucco house in Medora, N.D., was a magical place to be on hot, muggy summer evenings. 

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 7 yearsJune 17, 2016 ago
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    Election: Think Before Casting the First Stone

    Originally published in the NDSU student newspaper, The Spectrum, in 1988 under the headline, “Student Body Election causes turmoil within the Greek system.”

    By Martin C. Fredricks IV, 35 yearsApril 21, 1988 ago
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    From getting married to getting buried, I gotchya covered, man!

    I am an introvert, which means more, and less, than you think.
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    IV Words Founder Martin C. Fredricks IV

    Martin C. “Red” Fredricks IV here. I’m husband to an amazing woman who is also my best friend, dad to three outstanding kids, climate crisis warrior, environmentalist, rabble-rouser, sayer of things people don't want to hear, proud introvert and big-time reader. A ginger, too - ergo the "Red" - although some of it's going white. Cinnamon-sugar, I call it. Tattooed to boot; seven so far; like 'em or not, I don't much care.

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