The local paper has a new reporter from Florida. Oh, yeah she will love our Iowa winters. Naturally she writes a Hello article for us to read. Always good to know what weirdoes people think we are, think we live in the late 1800's Wild West, and then they meet us and guess what, we are normal people. For the record, Iowa was never part of the Wild West and sure we had neverending praire grass here, 160 years ago.
So reporter tells us all she knew of Iowa came from Little House on the Prairie and wondered where all the Prairie grass was. The book series and TV series didn't take place in Iowa. Yes, Laura Ingalls Wilder's parents ran a hotel in Iowa for 2 years and now a historic site, but the adventure didn't make it into the books nor the TV series. Her Walnut Grove was in Minnesota where most of the TV series takes place.
Reporter was shocked at all the trees and hills we had (praire grassland is now cornfields). And then what nice litter free streets we had. They must toss garbage everywhere where she came from. Culture is centered around bars and non-chain restaurants owned by the family who also make the food. She is a vegetarian and yes, there are veggie choices on the menu of many restaurants. She loves our farmer's markets and getting fresh produce. And that was about all for the new reporter to say.
Can't wait for the "I'm outta here and back to civilization of Chicago or Kansas City so I won't miss you people" article outsider reporters write when they leave. A friend says the newspaper can't understand why circulation is down, they have a multiculural staff. Do they really think readers want to read what weirdoes we are with the outsider point of view all the time?
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