Market Weekend: Part Two

Throngs of shoppers flood Canton

Over a Million visitors flooded the town below us, but only a few thousand ventured up this hill.  That's in part due to the fact that most of what happens up here, happens at night.  However, low crowds during the day are also due to the fact that the word about the place is not getting out, any more. That's part of the role we've assigned ourselves... 


You've all witnessed how we have fallen in love with this sandy bump in East Texas.  We can't let it lose its identity as "The Best kept Secret in Texas".  No, sir, and we ask not for one dime, we just want the word to get out; we want stale and out-of-date websites that still draw hits at the top of search engines, to be replaced by hits that filter through this blog, by you, our faithful followers.  After all, this is about getting your attention, and trusting that if it moves you to do so, you'll not hesitate to pass it along to your own networks.  Hey, that's what a blog can do...


But for all of the ones that found their way up here...

LZ putting the final touches on her evolving dream

TWIRL! a Photography Boutique premiered this weekend and I watched, grinned and even twirled my-own-self as the vision that was only last Market Days referred to by its central story line: "Miss Lilly's Closet", metamorph'd, in serendipitous fashion, to become 'Twirl'.  Feathermaye Multi-Media even zipped together a really cool sign with Laurie's script design in lights that made the joint pop even more.  


Like a magnet people were drawn to the elaborate Zebra Tree set, wondering what, oh what, could this be... Then, about sundown on Friday, it took off as the first set of girls flooded in, chose outfits and got to twirling while The Divine Mz. Z, feathermaye, and even a reserve photographer (Becky Mottolese) put their creative eyes behind Mz. Z's designs and directions, and as spectators stood agape in the street watching, the dance that is 'Twirl!' flowed, organically, magically.  By 9:00pm Saturday, the artists were spent, dragging...


Be sure to check out Part Three in the next issue!


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Market Weekend: Part One

That's right, we rented this little Red School House, right
here on The Mountain: Current HQ for
feathermaye multimedia

IF you're just joining us, I'll begin by telling you that we are hiding out on The Mountain, here in Canton, Texas.


You'll also find several additional blogs here on the site about The Mountain, Canton, and what, exactly, The Herndons are doing on this hill.

The Texicans were in full swing:
led flying, pistols popping
every hour!

Now, for everyone else in the Posse...

Lecia's Designs were a natural crowd stopper...

We had us a root'n toot'n, shoot'em up weekend here on The Mountain.  Our guest Artist Lecia Zinna set up a small exhibit of her work and met many fellow artisans that love coming here, not only for the exposure to thousands of eyes during Market Days, but also for the camaraderie shared by an artist's contemporaries, regardless of their art, we all starve, we all crave the company of others with similar aspirations, however lofty, or simple they may be...


More about this weekend coming in the next issue!


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Vape'n it!

Day twenty-three and going strong!  E-cigs work, at least they are for us so far…

Let me tell you all right now that I’ve not missed having a cigarette once in this whole episode.  That’s what you all want to know, isn’t it?  Will I go out of my mind with the want of a cigarette?  Will I get to that maddening point where we all usually say “To hell with it, I’m going to the store for smokes?”  It isn’t looking like I will.  Nope, no way.

The way our ‘SmokeStiks’ are working, I’ve not missed the portion of smoking that had me so addicted: The crap I do with my hands…  I hold it a few different ways, especially when I’m into some serious deep thinking, which is all the damn time if you ask Feathermaye—usually when she’s trying to talk to me about something she really needs me to listen to with more than just half an ear’s worth of attention.

However, when I take a puff of my E-cig (we just call it a Vape, and the action, instead of smoking is naturally called ‘Vaping’) I feel the sensation of taking in smoke, even though I am only taking in water vapor.  The vapor carries the nicotine.  That nicotine, which is what keeps us smoking in the first place, is delivered efficiently through this device.  You can inhale if you’d like, but you’ll soon find that you don’t really even need to do that; the vapor will deliver the nicotine through your mouth just as well.  I like to take it in mouth, and then exhale through the nose, personally, as if you really care at all.  However you use it, there is simply no argument that E-cigs really, really work!  It’s damn near uncanny.

A few pointers about E-cigs that I’ve noted:

1. I find it best to use two rechargeable battery units (this is the part that looks like the barrel of a cigarette, it has the little light on the end that glows when you pull on it.)  That way you can have one in service, while the other is on the charge.  The last thing you want is for your vape to quit on you when you need it the most.

2. The Smokestick product that we’re using comes with a charger that plugs into your standard ISB port on your computer.  This one has problems holding the battery and can stop charging when you aren’t looking.  They sell a pretty nice plug in version that works great and I highly recommend it.  Once I had this set up: 2 battery units and one plug in charger, I was good to go.

3. The Fabulous Feathermaye uses her vape more delicately than I do.  She can use the same nicotine tip for a couple of days at a time and only has to recharge hers about once a day.  I double that, but then I was the one who smoked heavier; I took deeper drags and held it longer, while she usually puffs and goes.

Good luck with your E-cigs and we hope you all can Vape your way to being NON SMOKERS!

S

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