Garrison Keillor's Lake Wobegone got one thing right, all the women are strong. When ICE came to town, we amplified our strength by leveraging our white privilege.
TeriLeigh, “almost” becomes cultural evidence in this introduction. The avocado fridge, dish towels, radio voice, pie dough, fireflies, and church-on-vacation details are the formation system: restraint, emotional understatement, mutual noticing, and the quiet coordination women practiced for years. When ICE arrives, the old fluency changes purpose; privilege stops hiding inside politeness and becomes public protection for people placed at risk. Grateful for the way you let Lake Wobegon become memory, indictment, and a doorway into fierce communal action.
TeriLeigh, “almost” becomes cultural evidence in this introduction. The avocado fridge, dish towels, radio voice, pie dough, fireflies, and church-on-vacation details are the formation system: restraint, emotional understatement, mutual noticing, and the quiet coordination women practiced for years. When ICE arrives, the old fluency changes purpose; privilege stops hiding inside politeness and becomes public protection for people placed at risk. Grateful for the way you let Lake Wobegon become memory, indictment, and a doorway into fierce communal action.
Love this!
OMG - this took me back to my childhood in MN. "Almost" is so perfect. Thank you.
what I love is that none of us are settling for almost anymore. ever. that’s our new normal.
Almost.
You drew my attention to that six letter word and how often I use it (with my Minnesota accent). Good observations about how that word shapes things.