tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277315482988056441.post5777888542043438237..comments2022-04-17T21:29:12.940-07:00Comments on Formerly Known as a Zine: The MidwestElissahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06651242479859862748noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6277315482988056441.post-14019294656694922272009-04-19T22:50:00.000-07:002009-04-19T22:50:00.000-07:00Thanks for posting that passage. As I read it I f...Thanks for posting that passage. As I read it I felt a little calmness spread across my shoulders and took a deeper breath. There is something about the midwest that is subtle yet substantial and wonderful that gets overshadowed by the dismissive jokes and insults. I worked in the corn field nearly every summer of my teenage years. I still know what the air smells like when the corn pollen out. Until I read the part about the crickets on residential streets I had forgotten them. Lightening bugs. Intense hues of the huge sunsets that last for an hour. The harvest moon. Thunder storms, I miss the thunder storms.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15439044585439862395noreply@blogger.com