Author Archives: Azrael Brown

The weeks of heat have kept me inside and on the internet, away from daily walks and local culture. I couldn’t even do the street fair — we made it about a block and a half before the heat was … Continue reading →

The BlogConcierge posted this question: I’m curious – do you consider blogging an art? I mean, is it more akin to writing on the bathroom wall (something to be enjoyed by the next few users, then painted over or scrubbed … Continue reading →

My middle daughter’s bike had shrunk; perhaps the garage was a little too warm, or the wintry cold had stunted it. Her knees rose too high, her arms were too low, the seat could go up no further. It was … Continue reading →

Somewhere around December, the wifey begins to complain about one thing. Well, she does complain about the weather, and about the heating bills, and about "dawn" meaning "mid-morning," and snow tracked in (when we all should know darn well to … Continue reading →

The internet seems permanently far, far away from North Dakota, an unbounded universe rooted in larger states like California, Washington, and New York: add that most of the high-profile bloggers are based out of distant metro areas, and it was … Continue reading →

We stepped out the front door, on our way to walk down to Sunmart and pick up dinner. On our front step we met a visitor: a full broadsheet paper, entitied "Valley Midweek Marketplace." We’ve been getting a "Midweek" for … Continue reading →

The wifey returned from allowing the dogs fertilize the peonies in the back yard late one night and said she had an eerie feeling that something was swooping around her.   Clouds obscured the stars and the moon, but reflected … Continue reading →

I’ve been inside the Fargoan. Not back in the day when dodgy residents paid for overpriced holes-in-the-wall: no, I was in the Fargoan towards the end of February, around the time the rehabilitization had removed nearly everything that had made … Continue reading →

I haven’t written my commentary on this video yet, but I don’t usually go into great detail on the videos here on Fargophilia. I’ll link to my blog entry on it later, but until then you can preview the 1939 … Continue reading →

Psychadelic Velveeta!, a Wednesday radio program over at KNDS, had an announcement on their MySpace space Wednesday: There is an FM station out of Lisbon, North Dakota that was been granted a construction permit to upgrade to a full C1 … Continue reading →