October 9, 2009
October 9th, 2009 by Gary Osberg
Good morning from Collegeville,
What a wonderful trip I had to Sun Valley and Bozeman. It was sunny and warm on Monday and that night we had our first snow of the season on Bald Mountain. Ananda of Akasha Organics signed an agreement as did Maureen of ArtQuest West, a gift shop in Ketchum. Christine of S&C Importers renewed. If you have never been to Sun Valley/Ketchum, check it out at www.sunvalley.com . Be sure to thank our underwriters.
On Thursday I drove to West Yellowstone and then followed the Gallatin River down to Bozeman. The road construction is complete and the snow on the mountains made for a delightful drive. On Friday Aunt Maggie and I drove to Yellowstone National Park and we watched Old Faithful go off at 3:25 PM. It was her 83rd viewing and my third. We ate an ice cream cone at the Yellowstone Inn and we were back in Bozeman in time to watch the final episode of the PBS special on The National Parks, America’s Best Idea. Great work by Ken Burns and PBS.
At age 24 Maggie decided to bring her Aunt to the radio show, Queen For A Day. The host Jack Bailey would select six women from the audience and ask them to join him on the stage. The woman that was seated next to Aunt Maggie grabbed at Jack’s arm and Jack noticed the look of disapproval on Aunt Maggie’s face. He asked Maggie where she was from and when Maggie replied “Montana”, he asked her to go up on stage.
Once on stage the six women were asked a series of questions. When Jack got to Aunt Maggie, she kept backing away from him. Jack said, “Why don’t you stand still?” Maggie replied, “I like to be chased by handsome men.” The audience selected Aunt Maggie as Queen For A Day.
The show this week is live from The Fitzgerald Theater. Special guests include, Neko Case who will “conjure up a storm of song with her elemental voice and genre-meshing musical style” Other guests will be Andra Suchy plus Jearlyn and Jevetta Steele along with The Royal Academy of Actors.
“It’s easy to make a buck, but it’s hard to make a difference.” Tom Brokaw
Gary M. Osberg on the web at www.garyosberg.com
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