I believe in helping others when I can. As such, I am willing to offer my assistance to the two most popular groundhogs - Punxsutawney Phil and Staten Island Chuck. It seems they disagree on whether we will have six more weeks of winter of an early spring. I can understand why there is some confusion [...]
Tag: winter
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 [...]
Where should I deliver the thesaurus?
I love the weather folks - not in a marry you, have your children, put you in my will kind of way - more in a I appreciate your efforts, know you work hard to bring us accurate information and recognize that sometimes the weather news is just not palatable but you have to report [...]
I’ve come a long way baby!
Part of my morning ritual is skimming The Forum online (a.ka. InForum). I deem it important to know if the world has fallen apart since I last checked and discovering that it has not typically sets a good tone for the day. This morning as I glanced at the home page I saw on the [...]
Could you go a week without yelling?
Web MD sent me an email titled, "Could you go a week without yelling?" The email linked to an article that challenged parents to go a week without yelling at their kids. I could do that. I only have one kid here and all I have to do is open my mouth to speak to [...]
Breathtaking!
There are winter days in North Dakota that are nothing short of breathtaking (often still bone-chillingly cold - but breathtaking). Tuesday morning was one of those days with the frost on the trees. The images just made me happy and for a moment I loved winter. I took a few photos on my way to [...]
Book early…
Let me be amongst the first to say this winter - SNOW BLOWS! We aren't even 24 hours into the first significant snowfall of the season and I am already ready to go on record as saying I am over it. Unfortunately, the word is that there is much more of this to come this [...]
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