Is California Paradise?

Will took Abby to school this morning and on the way there, she asked him what paradise is.

Will explained that it is a perfect place. They talked about heaven being paradise and then Abby asked, "Is California paradise?"

The Californian readers of this will think that Abby made this comment based on experience, but Will and I believe it can actually be linked to Nanci Griffith, one of our favorite folk singers.

Abby's been listening to Nanci Griffith's Other Voices Other Rooms album as she falls to sleep and one of the songs, Do Re Mi, includes the following lyric:

"California is a garden of Eden. It's a paradise to live in or see."

While the Iowan readers of this will argue that Iowa is "God's country," who are we to argue with Nanci Griffith!