DO LITTLE
Thank you for the auto magnets guide [the Rake’s Progress, April]. I had considered having one made that said, “Is this all I have to do?” Simple sentiment is right.
Beadrin Urista
Minneapolis
SHOOTIN’ THE BREEZE
I really enjoyed Maria Rubinstein’s article on the IRS’s image [the Rakish Angle, April]. And I know what the Alaska Permanent Fund is (I think): I believe that basically, if one has the cojones (or female-wise, cojonettes) to live in Alaska, you get like two hundred dollars a year from the government. I know this because I have a poet friend who lives outside of Fairbanks with a backyard big enough and remote enough that he shoots annoying books there. I asked him to shoot The Bridges of Madison County so I could give it back to a friend who made me read it “because you’re a writer” (Hey, smell this food: is it spoiled?) and he wanted confirmation that it sucked. When I read the whole dang book and found that indeed it did suck, he wouldn’t let me give it back to him. So I had it shot and returned to me, and I wrapped it up very prettily for Christmas. Would you like to become my friend?
Miss Terri Ford
Minneapolis
BLOWN AWAY
Thank you for the fine article on wind power [“Buffalo Ridge,” April]. It blew me away. Hooray for the Juhls. They are people who have committed their lives to their vision for the betterment of everyone. May NSP catch the spirit and may the wind be at their heels.
John Newman
Minneapolis
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