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

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, […]

“Warm Enough”
At 5° Fahrenheit, today is downright balmy here on the Upper Great Plains. Quit yer whinging.

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.

Life in a Northern Town – “Spring Break” or “Spring Broken”?
March 9, 2019 | Fargo, N.D. © Mira M. Fredricks, 2019

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) – […]