I learned today that the American Folk Festival in Bangor, Maine is ending. The festival this past august was the last one. I have volunteered on the festival since it started as the National Folk Festival. My sadness that I won't be able to go back up and see all my friends again next summer is huge ( Read more... )

Today I had to punch another hole in my belt because my pants were falling down. My waistline has shrunk another inch! This it the good kind of negative ( Read more... )

Home safe from Maine. When I left Bangor about noontime on tuesday, I called my parents, and found that they were still without power. having lost power there sunday. So I bought a generator up in Bangor, figuring that generators down in mass would be unobtanium. got home about an hour before sunset. Spent an hour unpacking and assembling ( Read more... )