Perfect example today of lousy March weather. Sort of a misting rain while the temperature still feels cold. It feels cold because of our anticipation that spring would have to bring an uptick in temperatures. March is spring isn't it?
Update: The rain has begun turning to snow.
I am guessing that we all are looking forward to the mildness of spring more than we usually do. And I have a theory about that. Our last two winters have been unseasonably mild, especially the winter before last. Yes, the "snowless winter." Something to jump up and click our heels about, right? In theory, maybe.
But maybe here in Minnesota we actually relish the "true" winter with lots of crisp dry snow. I read an op-ed once about how this kind of winter is much preferable to what's experienced in the middle of the country, e.g. Missouri.
Who has anything good to say about Missouri? Well, I'm just sort of kidding. I remember the UMM choir director who spent one of her professional stints in Missouri and felt a little uncomfortable there because of its history that included lynchings.
Winter in the mid-section of the U.S. is basically "wet." The op-ed writer said you could drive through that part of the country in winter and "not see anyone doing anything outside." Hardly a positive thing to think about. I suppose our electronic devices give us more entertainment for staying inside than in past winters. So are we really good with that? Maybe we are.
Remember that Missouri is the state of Sen. Josh Hawley. And now the Republican Party is coming forward with the big "trade war." You really think this is prudent? Our western Minnesota has become married to the Republican Party. This is the direction they want to go.
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Are we really prepared to become this outlier on the world stage, to actually cut slack for Putin?
If you and your friends like Trump, as the vast majority of outstate Minnesotans do, you will endorse his attitudes and show fierce disdain toward anyone who disputes them.
It's hard to have a convivial conversation about this, with the kind of people who think the discussion should have religious overtones. Trump reflects the wishes of God and Christ, they'll say. We are at the start of the Advent season. When I was young, religion stood by itself and was not so intertwined with politics. I would suggest that Trump just attached himself to Christianity as a way of "playing" you all. And it has worked.
For how many years has this very elderly and troubled soul been dominating our daily news? Why does he have to command our attention every day? Gretchen Carlson the former Fox News morning co-host says the whole oval office Zelensky thing was "staged." Trump postures because he wants to set up conflict as a way of setting up "conservative media" for a whole new 24 hours of rooting for him. And this is done while absolutely lambasting "the other side."
We have a congressperson who buys into Trump's talk totally. Trump continues his dangerous abominations while Michelle Fischbach sends out online messages that point fingers at Biden. You all must still be receptive.
And now we have the trade war as reality with the initial shot being tariffs. DJT swears this isn't just a bluff but we can never trust him totally. All he does is maneuver to keep his power. I have recognized it all along. Mostly the people out here where the coyotes howl at night do not.
I have lost friends because of this. At least one has stopped sharing Christmas communications with me. It's that bad. They go to church in order to continue their reverence toward the flim-flam man whose name is Donald Trump. He wants to completely wipe out DEI. And that is what our University campus here in Morris stands for. You probably don't care.
"Don't care" means apathy, and apathy has always been a hallmark of our community of Morris.
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- Brian Williams - morris mn minnesota - bwilly73@yahoo.com
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