Caucus is Crazy – Heartland Transplant

Happy New Year (I think I’ve only had ONE post so far in 2020?!) and welcome to the 2020 Farm Report that coincidentally intersects with 2020 Valentine’s Day.

succotash
Groundhog Phil deemed the spring to cometh. And while the Iowa fields got a little shook up and shivered this week with a -30 wind chill, I believe we are ready to defrost. Hellllllo 40-degree temperatures! In all seriousness though, it’s time to start shopping for your tomato seeds. Here’s a handy search to find your estimated frost cycle for your own zip code.

bleeding heart(land)
I ordered a very special heart cake for my husband for Valentine’s Day from Sugar Freak Show and… just OMG it was not only incredibly detailed and quite a feat of sugar engineering, but was a super fun experience. The cake itself was delicious, natch. Also, I can eat “styrofoam” fondant for days and days.

Bleeding heart sugar freak show cake Des Moines — Even the plastic, label, and styrofoam tray were edible!

midwest shenanigans
How about that caucus? Maybe at one point I will write about my full experience. In brief, it was actually a really exciting thing to be a part of (my first Iowa caucus!). I hope that it’s a tradition that remains despite all the WTF that occurred as a result.

Caucus craziness has descended upon Des Moines. It’s three months until The Caucus, and today is the Democratic celebration of Liberty & Justice (formerly, and no longer named after a slave owner and that other guy who was horrible about Native Americans), which brings in (almost) all the candidates and their associated entourage… and, apparently, celebrities.

Weezer is doing an outdoor (!) concert at noon, by way of a rally for Andrew Yang. YANGAPALOOZA.

I received an alert that Ben Harper will be joining PETE. Pete and PETE were walking down the street…

I have an event this evening – that is NOT the democratic dinner, sadly – and am disappointed at being unable to hang out downtown to see who else shows. However, this will be the first of many, I’m sure, opportunities for a “Pete Up” at one of my favorite local watering holes or Selfies with Warren.

And thus begins my Caucus Season is Crazy check-in and column.

~~Also, I’m going to attempt to blog every day in November per NaNoBloMo again this year. See you tomorrow.~~ Yeah, no… this isn’t happening this month. 😆