2°f/-16.7°C, some sun with thin clouds
How it goes here most days:
- Coffee, tea, word puzzles, email, etc.
- Get dressed, make the bed
- Start the laundry, clean up the bathroom
- He goes out to feed and water the critters
- I make breakfast--scrambled eggs with cheese and diced tomatoes, toast with apple butter, grapes, apple cider, coffee today
- Kitchen cleanup, get out stuff to make dinner
- Sweep the floors, put clothes in the dryer
By then, it's noon. And so starts most days around here, with some variation of course, but basically, that's our exciting life. Which, I think, is not unlike that of many people. We go about our routines, taking care of ourselves and our homes, being the backbone of our families, communities, country.
Thinking about this today was prompted by finding a chapbook of poems I wrote about people I've known or met along the way. In light of all those ordinary Minnesotans, this particular poem, the introduction to the book, really struck me. I just snapped a photo of the page.
Minnesotans, you are making history today, and recording it for all of us. I am sure that most of you never had any intention of becoming headline news. Here's to you, out there protecting this place we all hold dear. Stay safe, and keep holding that flame high.
It is hard not to feel as if we are seeing a change.
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