I am in slovenia right now, will be until next week some time when I take a flight to see rachel, its cool here, folks are nice, very rainy, I am in ljubljana...but head to bled [near the borders of Austria and Italy] and the surrounding areas this morning...no ukraine, too much hassle, this place is more fun anyhow i believe...I've seen a little east austria, and had one full day in bratislava slovakia, but slovenia will be the country I concentrate on for about 5 more days...
He'll meet up with Rachel next week.
Nevada City celebrates Constitution Day this Sunday with a parade, the signing of the Constitution, and, uh, Civil War re-enactments (that's plural, because there will be three). We won't be in town, so, sadly, we'll miss the spectacle. However, though I'm no historian, and if, indeed, war re-enactments were called for, perhaps it would be the Revolutionary War that would be more appropriate to commemorate at this event. Admittedly, the urge to "re-enact" is lost on me, and the Civil War WAS a constitutional crisis (and super interesting in lots of ways!), but it still doesn't quite feel right. Reasonable people could differ on this, I guess...
Nevada County Union Police Blotter yesterday:
"At 11:42 a.m., a man called from South Church Street at Walsh Street to report peppermint gum was stuck to his car. A patrol officer was advised." [not spearmint or wintergreen?]
...and, today:
"At 10:08 a.m., a woman called from the 11000 block of Ragan Way to report she believed a war was happening and she wanted a deputy to respond to teach her what to do in case of an emergency. She told the dispatcher whe was OK, and she was going to sleep." [maybe not THAT OK...]
And Tom forwarded these to me this morning...
Amazing sculpture--check out the materials!
http://www.frankpicturesgallery.com/chen.html
You may have seen these before, but they're still fun:
http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/Gallery/gallery.html
And the winners for this year:
http://www.handlebarclub.co.uk/wbmcwinners.shtml
One wonders about the showering, sleeping, eating...what kind of time do these creations soak up each day? Hmm. Probably no more than a silly blog...
--Sandy
