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- Written by: Jan Cook
The library and the musicians invite the public to this family-friendly event at 1425 N. High St.
Classic fiddle tunes resonate whenever these musicians, ranging in age from kindergarten to grandparent, perform.
An old saying states that “the violin sings, but the fiddle dances.” The Konocti Fiddlers do indeed make their fiddles dance, and sometimes the fiddles cluck like hens, moo like cows and whistle like trains.
Miss Barbara the story lady will read music-themed books to the children.
Lakeport Library is open Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Wednesday noon to 8 p.m. The phone number is 707-263-8817.
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Anton Chekhov, the master of the short story, was able to see whole worlds within the interactions of simple Russian peasants, and in this little poem by Leo Dangel, who grew up in rural South Dakota, something similar happens.
One September Afternoon
Home from town
the two of them sit
looking over what they have bought
spread out on the kitchen table
like gifts to themselves.
She holds a card of buttons
against the new dress material
and asks if they match.
The hay is dry enough to rake,
but he watches her
empty the grocery bag.
He reads the label
on a grape jelly glass
and tries on
the new straw hat again.
Ted Kooser was US Poet Laureate from 2004 to 2006. He is a professor in the English Department of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. He lives on an acreage near the village of Garland, Nebraska, with his wife Kathleen Rutledge, the editor of the Lincoln Journal Star.
American Life in Poetry is made possible by The Poetry Foundation (www.poetryfoundation.org),
publisher of Poetry magazine. It is also supported by the Department of English at the University of
Nebraska, Lincoln. Poem copyright ©2009 by Donal Heffernan, whose most recent book of poetry is
“Duets of Motion,” Lone Oak Press, 2001. Poem reprinted by permission of Donal Heffernan.
Introduction copyright ©2010 by The Poetry Foundation. The introduction’s author, Ted Kooser, served as United States Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 2004-2006. We do not accept unsolicited manuscripts.
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LUCERNE, Calif. – Harbor Village Artists will have free demonstrations from noon to 3 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 14.
The artists' colony is located at 6197 E. Highway 20 in Lucerne.
Learn to create a straw hat with the straw hat blocking technique from Toni Stewart at Lakeside Art Gallery, pine needle rim on a gourd with Rebecca Stark at The Gourd Gallery, create a dream catcher with willow, gourd or metal with Luwana Quitiquit at the Pomo Fine Art Gallery and learn how to create your own unique design on a jean jacket with Diana Liebe at Serendipity Art & Boutique.