Having moved back from Seattle 18 months ago, I completely relate to Jennifer Vogel’s struggle with homesickness [“Weed Whacked,” July 2002]. I enjoyed revisiting the old haunts mentioned in her article. Newfound friends drinking caffeine uppers and smoking Vancouver downers are charming but lack a certain something Minnesota brims over with. Is it the smell of 37 different varieties of hot dish or the Finnish accent from an aunt who asks over and over the questions of your life’s existence, “Oh yeah? Yor back in school, huh? Well, donchaknow? Say, when are yoo gonna bring home a nice boy with you, huh?” We might be accused of “Minnesota
N-ice” but, I genuinely feel our work ethic and family values beat anything the West Coast can produce. Seattle is beautiful but my heart can’t beat freely anywhere other than home.
Jenifer Morgenstern
Brooklyn Center
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