The majority of my life has been spent in Oregon, but it was Minnesota where I was born and raised. Many of my former high school and college classmates made their way to the Twin Cities and settled down, while I headed to the far west. I am thinking of them and all Minnesotans today. Catastrophic events like yesterday’s 35W bridge collapse at rush hour just don’t happen there. Or so it seems. But if ever there was a state whose citizens would come together in a time of crisis, it’s Minnesota. Be well, all of you.