By Elmer Beaureguard
There are two kinds of people "Glass Half Empty" and "Glass Half Full".
I guess I'm more of GHF kinda guy.
Everytime I hear a lecture on Global Warming some of the "devastating" things that could happen to us in Minnesota are: longer growing seasons, shorter winters, more plant growth and less heating fuel needed. Being a GHFer, I automatically assume that these are good things.

I was recently shopping at a local Home Improvement Store and they had a display of grape plants for sale. Not the little wild kind of grapes that we've always had in Minnesota, but the big Napa Valley kind. I got really excited and bought a bunch. I figured they wouldn't be selling them here if they don't grow here. So I started a vineyard on a west facing hill overlooking M4GW's world headquarters.

The last time Global Warming reared it's ugly head around 900 A.D. there were vineyards in England and when the Vikings discovered Newfoundland they called it Vinland because of the vineyards. I guess I'm just making the best of a "bad" situation.
Then I went online and discovered that there is a Minnesota Grape Growers Association and that we are starting to crank out some pretty good grapes. Maybe this is the start of Minnesota's Golden Era.

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