All posts in January 2012
TONIGHT 1st Annual Community Seed Swap
1st Annual Community Seed Swap
Jan 20 7:00p / Potluck at 6:30pm
Orchard Homes Country Life Club, 2537 3rd St. West, Missoula
Community Seed Swap for all gardeners and soon-to-be gardeners. Trade seeds for your garden (flowers, herbs, vegetables…). Please bring bagged and labeled seeds. Tables are provided. Meet local gardeners and learn and share what grows best in our Missoula area climate. Free admission.
MisSOULa
Within the vibrant social media scene it is difficult to discern what may or may not be LOCAL. Yesterday I came upon a neat little video about our town that was posted on YouTube. Of course I suspected that it was created by a local artist, but I didn’t find out until this morning that I ALMOST know this person.
I know … how can you “Almost” know someone? Haven’t you ever experienced the feeling that you are just THIS CLOSE to knowing someone? Perhaps you sat next to them in Math class, and although you never really spoke with them, you did occasionally make eye contact. But when that person began drumming in a band that everyone wanted to hear you couldn’t help but feel like you (almost) knew that person.
That’s a fictional story but this one isn’t. When I saw this video I found myself anticipating what the artist’s lines were drawing, as the images were of so many familiar spots in town or identifiable logos of local products and companies. As the trees cropped up and the buildings became recognizable there was a feeling of triumph that I knew what they were. I had no idea that I also (almost) know the artist. But this morning I find out that the creator is the son of someone I know (yes I really do know her, I have actually had eye contact with her, and we’ve talked and laughed together.) This talented LOCAL artist has captured Missoula in a very unusual and entertaining way. ENJOY Michael Melugin’s “MisSOULa”