Blah and Not So Blah from the North State

We just returned from Northern California and a visit to relatives in the State of Jefferson. It really has a different feeling and thought process than the rest of the state, even the Central Valley. There was 3-4 feet of snow on the ground and it rained 3 of the 6 days we were there. We walked the dogs and talked and generally had a good time under the circumstances.

On the way home I was looking for boots or hiking shoes and stopped in Redding. In the course of trying on and buying a pair of shoes, I had a good conversation with the store owner. He'd moved from southern California 40 years ago and settled here. Besides selling boots and shoes he also kept the dying art of shoe repair alive. It was a nice talk about different work boots, show lasts and the shape of peoples feet. I learned why some shoes fit better because of wear in the world they were built.

We also talked about water and specifically the moving of northern California water south. The topic of representation also came up and the feeling that we in central CA are much like our northern CA brethren in the shared lack of true representation at the state political level.

Maybe a new state should happen.