The word from the National Weather Service is that a wallop is coming our way. This looks like one that the whole state will be able to "enjoy" - well, yippee ki yay. Just what all us North Dakota folks wanted - more winter. All this extra snow will just make flood season that much [...]
Tag: snow
One for the win column?
There is snow in the forecast. John Wheeler is predicting three to six inches tonight and into Sunday. Hmmm...I am not so sure that we'll get that much. Of course, I am not a meteorologist or a climatologist, but where snow is concerned I have been Nancy Drew since the fall of last year. As Nancy Drew [...]
The New Forty prophecy…
My son Noah was over last night and we were discussing everything from the evolution of man as a species to the shifts we have and will see in society. Noah is a big thinker and loves to engage in big thoughts and discussions. So of course the Mayan prophecy came up (the prophecy that [...]
Call me Nancy Drew…
A brown Christmas and spring-like temperatures - what in the world is going on here? Somehow, the Fargo area seems to be sitting in a relative weather bubble - and folks are enjoying (or lamenting - depending on who you are) weather that is very un-Fargo like for this time of year. The risk of a [...]
Settling on juxtaposition…
Okay then...let's talk "juxtaposition." Did I just cause you to flash back to School House Rock's Conjunction Junction? That is what I think whenever I see the word "juxtaposition" all written out. I want it to rhyme with something and be part of a catchy jingle that I will remember decades later. I loved School [...]
Snow daze
The snow in my yard has been very close to the top of my fence line for months now. The snow is so high that you can literally step over the fence into my neighbors' yards on all three sides. My dogs, Cooper and Chompers, view this as an invitation to make new friends in [...]
I am so over that chick…
White fluffy snow - it is beautiful to look at and fun to play in. That concludes the portion of this blog that is going to present positive reflections on the value of snow. Everyone out there who is a tad tired of snow this winter raise your hand. Raise it high so we can [...]
THE NEW FORTY 