Happy Birthday to Sarah Battisti . . . Breezy fall day; I sat on the stoop for a bit and was almost buried in leaves . . . Went trick-or-treating with JJ and Cecilia this evening but his heart didn't seem to be in it. He loves the decorations but is shy about asking for candy as dad insists he should. So, to please dad, he sneaked back home ahead of the others and supplemented his "take" with treats from their own give-aways . . . Mystery solved; lots of people got calls on their answering machines from Pat Boone. He was spieling for Toomey (but without much success to hear others tell it) . . . The November issue of TheBurg has arrived and is available at The Bare Wall. Was sorry to learn from the new issue that the 510 Art Gallery on North Third Street will be shuttering its doors at the end of the year. It originated as the William Ris Gallery in a Camp Hill house, a bigger version of The Bare Wall, and it was a wonderful place to visit. One could amble from room to room upstairs and down and find a treasure in every nook and cranny. The crafts scene was more vibrant then and the choices greater so we tried not to duplicate each other's wares . . . I am happy for all the current activity on the Harrisburg arts scene these days but I do think that we are becoming "over-galleried." I do not think the region can sustain this explosion of venues . . . The scene is the same in Provincetown, Ma., which has dozens (hundreds?) of shops for the tourist trade. Just recently The Banner, the local paper, made mention of this fact and asked if "free wine and nibbles once a month" was really enough to keep all the galleries afloat. I ask myself the same question about Harrisburg . . . I "borrowed" this picture of Millersburg dressed for autumn from the FaceBook album of Trisha Boyer, Bob's niece. True Americana, don't you think? . . .
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