Up North ~ Life in Minnesota

Home of Jerry Nowell, an average, all-American guy with a beautiful wife, handsome son, and an overweight cat.

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Shanon

Shanon is a beautiful, abundantly talented woman with a penchant for movies, theatre, and laughter. Most of her time, however, is devoted to raising a rambunctious three-year-old boy who behaves more like his father with every passing day. Despite this minor setback, she determinedly ensures that her young man is well-fed, clothed, and showered with oodles of motherly love.

Jerry

Jerry has gray hair. This is due mostly to the fact that he is aging rapidly. The reasons for his high-speed decline are too numerous to mention individually, but can be nicely summed up by the words “Minnesota Vikings fan.” While physically decrepit, he is kept young at heart by his son’s near constant activity and infectious curiousity.

Gilbert

Gilbert is an active child with nearly as many questions as answers. His agenda almost never overlaps with that of his parents, but somehow he manages to set the schedule, and rarely checks to see if his parents are keeping pace. The only creature active enough to elude this clever boy’s machinations is an eldery feline ironically named “kitty.” In the years since Gilbert turned his shambling toddle into a full-blown dash, this formerly sluggish pet has seemed downright spritely.

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