Gearing Up for School

Gin after cutting her bangs - a year or so ago

Gin after cutting her bangs – a year or so ago

My lively seven-going-on-eight-year-old cousin (2nd, twice removed) Gin came calling the other day.  She and her brother are here in Oysterville for their last visit before school starts.  “We’ve already done our school shopping…”

“It feels kinda sad,” she told me, lamenting that summer is on the wane.  Then she dashed off to see if there were any eggs that needed collecting and was back not long afterwards asking to use our outdoor faucet to fill her super-duper water gun.  “We’re going to ambush the Bemis Boys,” she told Nyel.  Those are her first cousins who were arriving shortly from Sun Valley.

School Street

School Street

Amazingly, we are gearing up for school here in Oysterville, as well.  Just yesterday Diane Buttrell sent me the schedule for the Fall 2016 Schoolhouse Lecture Series.  It will be the fifth semi-annual series she has organized and hosted and she’s asked if I will again do some write-ups for the paper.  I see by the dates that I’d better get cracking.  The theme is “Local Lore” and those who will be presenting the talks are:

9/8: Bud Goulter
9/22: Dobbie Wiegardt
10/6: Michael Parker
10/20: Ernie Soule
11/3: Susan Holway
11/17: Tom Downer

Be sure to mark your calendars – every other Thursday, September 8th through November 17th at 10:00 a.m.  I’ve already marked mine!

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