Ellen put on the coffee hour at Guilford Church on Sunday, with me helping to schlep and in charge of making coffee. It was very successful in the sense that almost everything got eaten up.
Sunday evening we went to the "Best of Show " screening of Very Semi-Serious, a delightful movie about New Yorker cartoonists. Cartoonists are sort of an eccentric lot, but interesting for sure. Roz Chast is as funny in person as her cartoons. It was fascinating to see the people behind our favorite cartoons.
Monday was the final session of our Osher classes. Tom Toleno wrapped up his presentation on Malawi with a video of animals in the bush. The final session on water was also mostly videos - very interesting. One told the story of a proposed federal dam on the West River back in the 1930's which would have put several nearby villages under water - West Dummerston, Williamsville, Newfane, part of Townshend, etc. Citizens rose up and fought it tooth and nail. And they won. The government gave up the idea of one big dam in Dummerston and opted for two smaller ones in Townshend and Jamaica as a flood-control measure. Those dams put some houses under water, but no villages. One of the photos showed a group of men holding rifles standing on the steps of the West Dummerston Baptist Church, ready to defend their homes against the Corps of Engineers with armed force if necessary! Maybe this provides some background on why Bernie is a bit soft on gun-control!
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