PRIMARY: Tilling for the truth
With great joy over the last few weeks, I’ve watched my transplanted strawberry plants (aka “starts”) flourish. Using organic soil and fertilizer is paying off and I’m expecting a delicious bounty. Starting from seed is a viable option, as is starting with starts while investing time and energy in my garden. Similarly, as a maligned “transplant” to my now beloved North Idaho, am I less fruitful than a native who started here as a “seed”? My efforts and inputs are as valid as my native-born neighbors.
I care deeply about the politics and culture here because this is my “forever home” which I chose carefully and moved to at great effort and expense after much soul-searching. As a lifelong Republican (excluding a wayward stint during college) and as a transplant from a state that’s disintegrated under liberal policies, I know that our elected representatives matter. The laws, rules and policies they enact shape our region and directly affect our lives.
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