It's a slightly drizzly Saturday morning here at the Lovestead.
The horses have gone to pasture, and, overall, it's pretty quiet here in the house.
The slightly gloomy weather outside promotes quiet, and it's nice.
I'm looking forward to watching a few football games both today and tomorrow and basically putzing along taking care of various projects.
Bill brought home a load of wood yesterday, so he'll probably spend part of the day chopping and stacking.
Off in Ohio, in about three hours, my sister Laurie will be riding in her last class at the Arabian Sport Horse Nationals.
We're all hoping that her luck in finishing at the top of these national classes will be punctuated with another amazing and well-deserved win.
Good luck, Laurie.
Last evening Willie sent me the two images below.
They date back to the year Bill was born in Louisiana and the Brown family moved from their home at 214 Euclid to the North Boyer farm.
Willie told me that Marilyn Brown Ward passed the images along to him. They found the book in a house they owned in Sagle.
I told Bill that it's pretty ironic how often we get various phone books in our mailbox or thrown on the road under the mailbox, and we don't have to pay to bring them into the house and throw them in the garbage.
People paid a dollar back in 1950 for these directories, and they were probably worth every penny because they included much more information than present-day phone books.
These images are also worth their weight in gold because they document that we, as a family of five, lived in Sandpoint way back when.
I'm guessing that back then when homes had the wall phones, one would just pick up the receiver, crank for the operator and utter "17" to call Helphrey Motor Freight.
The only phone number I remember from those days was "382, please." That's what I heard Mother say when she was calling Ardis Racicot on our wall crank phone, and then she would stand there talking by the hour to her friend down the road.
Anyway, check out the "B's" in Sandpoint; there's some interesting information.
As for us locals, it's nice to have these nuggets of history.
I think Annie's blog today includes one of the more fun posts she has shared.
Neat little stories and observations.
Check it out.
The following is a note from Proposition 1 supporter/organizer Luke Mayville.
Dear Supporters of Proposition 1 (the Open Primaries Initiative),
For the next four days—from today until Tuesday—the film Majority Rules will be available to watch for free online thanks to the nonpartisan advocacy organization RepresentUs.
Majority Rules tells the story of the election-reform movement that's sweeping the country. The
film focuses on Alaska’s success with open primaries and ranked choice
voting, and it also includes coverage of reform efforts in other
states—including Idaho!
Click here to view the film for free (anytime from now until Tuesday, September 17th) on the RepresentUs website.
Personal Note: This morning I have watched just a portion of this documentary and can vouch that it is beautifully done, that it represents voices from both parties and that it reflects some of the major concerns of voters every time a closed primary election rolls around.
Those concerns have led to low numbers of voters in the primaries and the fact that most elected officials basically win their offices in the primary election. In short, a lot to think about in regard to your decision about Proposition 1.
This film is well worth the watch and definitely not boring. If you have time between now and Tuesday, click on the link and watch the movie. Thank you.
The sunflowers will certainly brighten up today's gray day.
Happy Saturday.
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