-30 F at my house 25 miles from downtown mpls.

They’ve invaded a winter people during winter. People who get excited when they can finally break out the ‘actual cold’ garb.

Here I thought we'd hit rock-bottom when we sent our children off to school with Kevlar school bags and said, "Have a great day. Don't get shot."

So naive. On the floor of every rock-bottom is a trap door down to yet another lower low.

Wow. Random notes like this mean so much:

Dear Steve — [These Are My People] is the exact book I was hoping for. It filled my soul and broke my heart all at once.