This picture was in my Small Town paper this morning for the sole purpose of showing one man helping another by holding a door for him. This building is across the street from my favorite place for joe. (credit: Pat Burk)
What is it with people and Cindy Loo Who? Of my last one hundred blog hits, forty have been direct visits from regular readers, and fifteen have been as a result of people searching for "Cindy Loo Who," the little pixie from Seuss's How The Grinch Stole Christmas . A couple of years ago, I posted an image of the original Seuss illustration as compared to the TV cartoon image, and for some reason, that post is bringing in the crowds, relatively. Maybe it's the weather. It isn't even November yet, and already we've had frost and have had to dust off our winter coats. When it gets cold like this, I start to think about Christmasy things like listening to Nat King Cole and decorating the tree. It's ironic because I am offended when retailers start pushing holiday stuff early, but I don't mind my own private celebrations. When my sister and I were much younger and still living with our parents, we would pick a day in July, close the curtains to darken the ...
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I can just picture him strolling between Daniel's bank and the coffee shop in Stillman, or down to the grill in Lake Wobegon.
Hey, the Prairie Home Companion movie opens here soon. I take it everyone over there has seen it already (usually the case). If so, what's it like?
Prairie Home Companion wasn't a big hit here, but I don't think it was intended to be one. It has a limited audience, and surprisingly, a lot of people have never even heard of Garrison Keillor. I just had this discussion with a friend yesterday--I loved the movie because I love the show, and all the characters are there. It has a slim plot and moves very slowly, like Keillor, but that's exactly what I liked about it.
The cowboys are lovely.
I've been a big fan ever since Lake Wobegon Days first came out and we could buy "best of" cassettes of the show over here.
Now of course, it's available online. Whoopee for the internet!
I also subscribe to their "Writer's Almanac" which sends me a daily poem and some literary anniversaries (I suspect you get that one, too) …