Greetings Earthlings:
“Remember that sometimes not getting what you want is a wonderful stroke of luck” ………………………………………………………………The Dalai Lama
“Don’t try to steer the river” ………………………………Deepak Chopra
“Six minutes of thunder and lightning” ………………Loretta Haggers (Mary Hartman)
Word of the week: Obfuscate (try to use this word three times in the coming week)
Future News Predictions for this week”
- The St. Louis Cardinals will win the world series with the legendary returning and retiring Albert Pujols going out in a blaze of glory (trying to find the corner bookie to place my far-fetched bet, but we have no corners here)
- Donald Trump will be soon calling his tailor to design some orange jumpsuits for him
- Our local mountain rivers and streams will be bone dry by October- and then……. the Zombies will arrive (not the British band kind)
I think the pix tell a pretty good story of the week in review, so I will just highlight and summarize (believe me? …………………Yes, or no?)
Sloanie Spumoni had her first day of school this week……oh my……might be more profound than turning 70…………………………
Papi and Lucy love them some short walks on the AT (come on –you can figure that one out) ……. though Lucy is terrified by the swinging bridge one has to cross to get there
The West River Trail in Londonderry is a great hidden find…and close to Grandma Millers magnificent Vermont-style Patisserie, and inflammation palace
The annual visit from Sister Jane is a blessed event…she moves in and it’s like she never left…not sure she has left her master bedroom for five days…. not really, but it could happen……
And we are expecting a slew more of visitors between now and the end of foliage…check the website for our rates and amenities…..must be the end of The Plaque?
Finished the 2002 local Music on the Green series, with our little folk club preforming its unique brand of dissonance…we may be out of tune, but the locals love us as their own….and I generally love it, despite the competitive sound guy routinely turning off my microphone mid-performance……that is a mountain thing…
The Vermont Country Store is a pretty good place to spend an hour or two…. with the most Tchotchkes per yard on the earth….and then when the sun comes back out- a follow up visit to the Silent Ones at the Weston Priory is the ultimate juxtaposition (anti-tourisme)
What’s better than picking SJ at the Manchester airport and moseying up the coast and beaches of Live Free or Die and into Southern Maine on a sunny day?
Shuckin’ and Jivin’ through dinner prep of peek corn and peak meat from our beloved local farmers…with a bit of French red and bit of Bill Frissell….is a major source of calm…compared, to say, pizza and Arrowsmith….…
THE POND……NOT FADE AWAY, NOT FADE AWAY, NOT FADE AWAY…………PPPPLLLLLEEEEAAAASSSSE….…….
And, The Green is fading and muting daily now……but the return of the magical light of autumn dusk is a sight to behold………………………
And, TQ is abounding the ville in her thorny crown (yes that begins with a “T”)…………………………..and the beat goes on…..IF ya gotta go….GO NOW….GO NOW….
Love and snatches, Yo Papi
