Cd'A: Not an idol, but idolized
30.07.11 - universal coffee pot
And aside from being an insult, it is just patently untrue. Far
from being 'cultureless,' Coeur d'Alene and greater North Idaho are
a bastion of traditional Americana with roots deep and wide. There
is a reason, after all, that these territories are regular
recipients of awards, commendations, and universal praise as "a
Rockwellian vision," "America's best place to live," "a slice of
old America," "Mayberry RFD," etc. Why, this very publication has
run numerous articles underscoring the point.
Living in Coeur d'Alene, my family buys produce from local
farmers on the honor system: The farmers leave their products at an
appointed public location unattended and in exchange their
customers leave money in a common pot. You can't do that in L.A.,
Dallas, or New York. Not even in Spokane.
Here most folks leave cars and houses unlocked. Strangers smile
at one another in public and share more generously with their
neighbors than in any locale I've ever seen. Visiting any one of
our distinctly Northwestern coffee houses one may hear a cowboy
folklorist spinning the saga of Lewis and Clark or witness the
unsurpassed beauty of Celtic tunes played on Celtic strings. At
Christmas, carolers stroll the downtown singing the old hymns. And
our annual rodeo always opens with an invocation in the name of the
Lord Jesus Christ. That's our culture. Old America. The Occident.
Christendom.
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