I like what you wrote about Mayor Pete originally - it was angry, but for the right reasons. I also appreciate this piece. It helps a lot that you both talked and listened to each other. As a white Yankee, I honestly once thought racism was a small thing and part of the nation’s past, until the behavior of people…

I’m doing my best. I know there have been a few times when I didn’t respond, but it’s because I found myself in shock. Now I don’t hesitate. They may not agree with me, but they have no doubt as to my position as a white person who will not accept any form of racism in my presence. But you’re right. It has to be the…

You do realize that the peppermint snow is just a $2.99 box of candy canes that someone hit with a hammer, don’t you? Thanks for the tidy dissection of this catalog. Much appreciated.