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The Minnesota Silver Lining

How To Rationalize Any Extreme Mother Nature Event

I spent the first part of my childhood in Colorado, but every summer we would spend 2 weeks visiting family in Minnesota. Then my father moved us to Minnesota so we could be closer to the relatives. We lived in the uppermost northern part of Minnesota and I wasn’t quite prepared for the extreme weather.

From sweltering humidity and mosquitos in the summer to frigid 40 below zero weather in the winter, the topic of the weather was always the first part of any discussion. Then the conversation would transition to talk about wildlife, hunting, or winter driving.

As the years went by, I began to notice several sayings that were repeated over and over.

Photo Credit Unsplash: Gabriel Alenius

Top 15 Minnesota Sayings:

1. There are only 2 seasons in Minnesota-winter and road construction.
2. Ya, that’s a special type of hummingbird there called a mosquito.
3. The cold isn’t so bad, it keeps the riff-raff out.
4. Just getting through winter so I can complain about the summer heat.
5. Winter-welcome to ‘whose lane is it anyway?’