A Minnesota Midsummer’s Dream
Okay, the worst is over, at least for me. The traumatic Summer Solstice that I dread so much has come and gone, its damage is done. It’s time now to relish the short time left until the first flakes of winter arrive. "Up North" You know, I'll bet you get this a lot too: "H ow can you live in Minnesota with those winters?!" I know I've heard that from people in other states and countries ad nauseam and I'd like to say, "y ou know you can always put on clothes to stay warm but you can only take off so much to keep cool until the neighbors call the cops." I nstead I now have a rote response: " I have literally been around the world and visited all but two continents and I have never been anywhere better than Minnesota between the months of May and October. (okay, mid-October.) Yup, that leaves six months that are, uh, less great - hey, no place is perfect! - but's it's these magnificent hazy, lazy days of summer that keep me h