Here I am at my dad’s house, dragged up on top of Bullshit
Mountain (aka Fox News), trying to ignore it but it’s difficult as it’s on
nearly every waking hour. And worrying that the $(*%&)#@(&$ in congress
are going to actually let us default on our debts and send us back into even a
worse recession, and now that I am actually living off of my savings that would
hurt. Should I sell off a bunch of
stocks and hide the cash under my mattress?
My trip here was long but everything was right on time, the
usual car-boat-train-train-plane-plane-car. I had just a half hour layover
between planes, and by the time I had walked to the other gate they were
starting to board.
Instead of driving from Detroit directly to Midland, I made
a detour over to Grand Rapids for a day. There’s a 3-week-long art festival
called Art Prize, just coming to a close this weekend. More than 100 different
venues, and 1500 different artists. Sculpture, painting, quilts, outdoor
installations, at least one botanical installation, a marvelously decorated VW
bug, a fire-breathing dragon, so many people that it’s hard to get pictures of
anything, and every school child in the area on a field trip. It was all quite
wonderful and I hope to make this an annual excursion. Check out
http://www.artprize.org/ for more information.
Adding to the pleasure, I met up with one of my high school
friends to enjoy it all. We finally limped back to our cars about 5pm and drove
off to our separate destinations. I’m glad I made the drive before it was totally
dark, as the fall colors are starting to
come out nicely.
Here are some pictures from Art Prize:
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| I want one of these! |
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| "Tired Panda":made out of bike tires. |
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| The Poacher |
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| This quilt won first prize |
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| Close-up of the first-prize quilt |
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| Amazingly detailed cat painting |
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| The Bootlegger |
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| Look closely: This is made out of flatware. |
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