Caption Contest reminder

It’s the day before Thanksgiving. Is there anyone in America who isn’t making a list, checking it twice, and waaaaay too busy to read a long blog today? (Hi, readers outside the States not yet caught up in the holiday madness!) So, here is a reminder that the November Caption Contest closes Nov. 30. Leave a caption in Comments, and if you want to see what other people have left already, scroll back to its first posting on Nov. 14th. Winner receives a copy of Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap (which, by the way, is being published in Poland and Portugal!). I’m asking Heather Volk, Andrew Whalen, and Jack Beck to judge the entries. And remember, kids read this page sometimes…. HAPPY THANKSGIVING and as the season of holiday madness descends on us, whatever you celebrate, hope it is filled with joy, family and friends. And a little bit of random chaos, like this photo.

OK, Last Time~

Today is the Big Stone Celtic Festival, when men in kilts take over the town and the sound of bagpipes echoes across the valley–and echoes, and echoes, and echoes…..
So all the prospective bloggers are busy today, and those of us left alive tomorrow will be in touch about how it all went. Meanwhile, please enter the last Caption Contest sponsored by St. Martin’s Press. This is the photo, and you can leave your entry in the Comments Section here, or back at Sept. 10, the first time the picture was put up. And we’ll catch up with you after the festival–once we’ve cleaned up after the sheep and horses….