Jack Wallace, one of my favorite patrons, tells me that the birds
show up after the first frost. That’s when the berries start to ferment. The
birds like the alcohol! Maybe it acts like antifreeze. Jack also told me that
the Mountain Ash is called a Rowan tree in Scotland, and people make jelly
out of the berries. His father was fond of Rowan Jelly. I don’t know if it is
the exact same tree, but I wouldn’t want to take the berries away from
those birds.
PPP
The Mountain Man is just back from hunting, and he tells me that
eastern Washington from the Pass to Ellensburg is just as beautiful as
pictures he has seen of New England. So if you can’t afford Vermont this
year, try a drive to Cle Elum instead.
PPP
The Children’s Halloween Carnival will be held on Sunday,
October 31st at the North Bend Library
from 2-4 p.m. Come in costume, or just come. There will be games and
treats for the kids. This is geared toward the little ones, but it is fun for everyone
to see the kids all dressed up. You will also have the dubious pleasure of
seeing yours truly dressed as a chicken. A sight not to be missed!
First Tuesday Book Club is reading A Lesson Before Dying by
Earnest Gaines. This is the book all Seattle is reading this fall. The book
was chosen by the Washington Center for the Book. It will be interesting to
listen to discussion on a book many people are reading at the same time.
Copies are still available at the library.
Master Gardeners will be at the North Bend Library on Monday
November 1st. Bring in your problems and see if the Masters can help
you out.
PPP
There was a program on the Discovery Channel the other night
about Neanderthal Man. I was only half watching it, but some Scientific
Expert came on and said that they don’t think the Neanderthal had a
family structure. Instead the men all hung around together and only
occasionally visited the places where the women would be. Sounds like dating to
me. What do you think? Maybe they didn’t dance and buy the girls
drinks, but that’s a small difference. Maybe when they visited, they brought
animal pelts instead. Those Neanderthal women wouldn’t be the first to fall
for a man who could give them a fur coat!
PPP
Thought for the Week:” But fruits, not blossoms, form the
woodland wreath that circles Autumn’s
brow.” -Grahame. This quote is from the Country Diary of an Edwardian
Lady by Edith Holden. It is a most excellent book.
Please submit items for North Bend Nuggets to Pat Simpson at P.O.
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