Each year in the middle of July, a small town near the lake holds an Art Festival. This is the highlight of the summer---thousands of people come from miles around to view the wares. Wonderful smells permeate the air as vendors prepare Indian tacos, Chinese rice bowls, crab fritters, gyros, and of course, hamburgers and Polish dogs. It's difficult to decide what to have for lunch, let alone to resist the beckoning funnel cakes and kettle corn. Vendors come from all over the country to entice us to buy their overpriced items---$50 teapots, $700 paintings, $100 blouses. They must not be aware of the recession. On another note, booths were set up with people dressed in period costumes making candles, spinning yarn and a blacksmith operating a forge. The haunting sound of bagpipes and the lilting Ecuadoran music added to the atmosphere. Maybe we should have paid more attention to the craftsmen---a simpler life may be on the horizon!
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