Oh no. NOW how am I gonna be a dork?
Before you say (and you know you want
to) “Jim, you've NEVER had a problem being a dork” let me clarify
that I reach perhaps peak dorkiness during an annual summer event in
Marquette, an event that was cancelled for this year yesterday,
joining Pridefest and the Hiawatha Music Festival on the scrapheap of
Covid 19.
That event is “Art on the Rocks”.
Now, not only is Art on the Rocks one
of the coolest things you'll ever attend (after all, how many outdoor
art shows do they hold on the shores of Lake Superior?), but it's
also an event that draws thousands of people to Marquette. That is
why, for the past 25 or so years, I've spent the week leading up to
the show doing my annual license plate count, seeing how many plates
from different states I can find.
This year, though, no. The dorkiness
will be dialed down a notch.
One of the things I get out of the
plate count is a general, non-scientific account of how the economy's
doing. Usually, the more states I see, the better the economy is
doing. During the Great Recession, I only saw plates from 18 states;
in 2015, I saw plates from 49 states. I was kind of wondering just
how low the count would go this year; after all, it's been on a
downward trend the past few years, and with the economy imploding I
figured it might be lower than 18 this year.
But now, I'll never know.
So I guess I'll be mourning two things
now. I'll be mourning the loss of Art on the Rocks, an event I've
always looked forward to. And I'll also be mourning the loss of yet
another chance to be a dork.
Because, as we all know, I SO rarely
get the chance to do that.
8-)
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