It's actually become one of the most difficult things I do every week.
Tuesday is “On The Town” day, the day when TV Jim does one of his weekly TV gigs, this one for Fox UP talking about stuff going on during the upcoming weekend. Normally, it's a breeze to do; after all, with all of the festivals and events and stuff going on in the UP—especially during the summer—all I have to do is find three of them and I'm good to go.
That's “normally”. As we may have discussed once or twice in here, 2020's been anything BUT “normal”.
And that really impacts something like “On The Town”. I mean, if nothing's happening because of the pandemic, that doesn't give me anything to talk about. If none of those festivals or events are going on, what's there to let people know about?
Not much.
I can usually find one event that's going on somewhere in the UP. And I can usually tie in something people can do on the weekend that a big traditional event (like Art on the Rocks or the UP State Fair) would normally occur. But after that? I'm scouring websites and Facebook pages and newspaper ads, all to try & find something to talk about.
It used to be easy. Now...not so much.
I'm not complaining, nor am I thinking it's a pain in the butt. I'm not, and it's not. It's just become a little more...interesting in the past six months to find that all the things we used to take for granted are things we no longer can take for granted. But, then, isn't that 2020 in a nutshell? And since I know there are some people who do enjoy seeing the segments (and a few sly comments I may (may) make during them) I shall keep doing them, no matter now much extra work they may be.
After all, if it's one thing that people can still take for granted in a year when we can take nothing else for granted, a few extra minutes of work is more than worth it.
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