I was so stoked to get The Rake in my mailbox today and I had to use severe discipline to not actually dive into it while I was supposed to be working. My indelible Minnesota work ethic accompanied me to California. So I waited until I finished my day and took my walk, cooked myself some dinner, poured myself a nice glass of chardonnay (I live in the Napa Valley after all) and sat down to enjoy my Rake in the midst of one of our rare hot summer evenings. I immediately dove right into The Rake masthead where I ever so eagerly await your personal answers to some really profound question like “how to beat the heat,” then I turned to the Rakish Angle. How can it be that everyone in Minnesota bitches about the heat all summer long? Now that I have moved away, I have two words for you (which I utter all the time when people ask “what brought you to California?”): Minnesota winters! Still, I love all Minnesota has to offer.
Ronda Carlson
Yountville, CA
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