This photo of yesterday’s sunrise pairs well with the one from Sunday (thread). I’m also slipping this in for #ThickTrunkTuesday. The sycamore on the left and the river birch on the right have grown A LOT in the 32 years since I planted them.
This photo of yesterday’s sunrise pairs well with the one from Sunday (thread). I’m also slipping this in for #ThickTrunkTuesday. The sycamore on the left and the river birch on the right have grown A LOT in the 32 years since I planted them.
#Gardening #Iowa #herbs #frost
Frosty dill
#Gardening #Iowa #herbs #frost
Frosty dill
"While women are being forced out of the workforce, children are going hungry, and people are being rounded up by ICE in warrantless raids, white male pain continues to be a Page 1 story. Farmers and ranchers make up less than 2 percent of the total population in America, but they dominate our cultural and political mythology."
#NewYorkTimes #Trump #Republicans #heartland #Iowa #farmers #gender #race
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"While women are being forced out of the workforce, children are going hungry, and people are being rounded up by ICE in warrantless raids, white male pain continues to be a Page 1 story. Farmers and ranchers make up less than 2 percent of the total population in America, but they dominate our cultural and political mythology."
#NewYorkTimes #Trump #Republicans #heartland #Iowa #farmers #gender #race
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"He responded that he didn’t regret his vote, because his vote was about more than his farm or tariffs; it was about God, guns, and abortion. In sum, he’d take the hit because there were bigger issues at stake.
That conversation is part of my first book, God Land, published in 2019. But I think about it often, because it highlights so many of the problems with political reporting. It’s not about the policies; it’s about the priorities."
"This week, the New York Times ran an image of a farmer on the front page. ...
The story is about how Trump’s tariff policies are affecting the very farmers in Iowa who voted for him. ...
In 2017, I asked a farmer how he felt about voting for Trump, even though Republican policies were hurting his business."
~ Lyz Lenz
#NewYorkTimes #Trump #Republicans #heartland #Iowa #farmers #gender #race
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The art of simplicity is a puzzle of complexity.
-- Doug Horton
The current air quality index for #Minneapolis, #Chicago, almost all of #Minnesota, #Wisconsin and much of #Iowa, #Illinois and #Michigan is currently hovering around 175-200, unhealthy for everyone. Protect yr lungs and wear a mask out there fam!
(map as of 1pm central time July 31 on airnow.gov)
A Red-Spotted Purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) on the purple coneflowers. The red spots at top corner of the wings are barely visible. But the shimmery blue color stands out.
