· Rural America · Recently I attended a community meeting organized by Heal Reno County http://www.healrenocounty.org where a rural sociologist, Ben Winchester, University of Minnesota Extension, painted a positive picture of rural America instead of one resonating doom and gloom. It was clearly an example of perception. Is the glass half empty or half full? Instead of doom and gloom, Winchester recommended that residents who regularly tell a sad story of loss about their town, change the … [Read more...] about The Story You Tell Makes a Difference