lessons learned from Dyersville

 

On one of our trips between Minnesota and Illinois, we stopped in a town called Dyersville, Iowa, which was the setting for the 1989 movie, “Field of Dreams”.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_of_Dreams

I thought of the movie today as I finished reading my 50^th book of the year, which is Cory Booker’s latest book, “Stand”, and here is why:

In the movie, James Earl Ray, in character of Terrance Mann, has a few words for Ray Kinsella (Kevin Costner) that are worth listening to again.

https://www.americanrhetoric.com/MovieSpeeches/moviespeechfieldofdreams.html

How does a movie about baseball relate to a book from a senator from New Jersey?

Easy.

Both are inspirational.

At a time in our history when a wrestling match will soon be held on the front lawn of the White House, we all need a break from the utter stupidity that we are exposed to a nearly a daily basis, so reading a short book is a good start

 At a time in our history when a wrestling match will soon be held on the front lawn of the White House, we all need a break from the utter stupidity that we are exposed to a nearly a daily basis, so reading a short book is a good start

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 I wrote about the Field of Dreams roughly 5 years ago:

https://tohell-andback.blogspot.com/2021/08/been-there-done-that-bought-t-shirt.html

You already know that Major League Baseball has held profession baseball games at the Field of Dreams. What you may now know is the ANOTHER game is scheduled for August 13 of 2026.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MLB_at_Field_of_Dreams

Since I will be nearly 79 years old when the game will be played, and since I will be living 1234 miles to the north, there is no way in world that I will be at the game, but I will always remember a time when America was great, and can be again – and Cory Booker tells us how it can be done.