Last night Mom, Janette and I spent the evening in downtown Ogema, having a blast! We started out at the Rail Trail Cafe, the new restaurant in town. Mom had a huge grilled chicken salad, Janette an equally huge club sandwich plate. I had the cheeseburger which was a little underdone but good. Plenty of food for a little money. There's a bar across the street called The Extra Inning that is supposed to have really good food, but we'll wait for a weeknight before we try that. Many bars up here are family affairs, not just drinking joints, but I'll still feel better not having our first time be a Saturday night.
After dinner we walked over to the town hall to catch a performance of "Ogema's Got Talent," a musical comedy written and directed by a local woman and cast from local talent. It really was a hoot and was very well attended for such a small-town event. The audience wasn't all senior citizens, either. It was good to see who our neighbors are. And I haven't been to a small town gathering like that since I left home as a teenager. The town I grew up in had a population of 3000 when I left; it's virtually unrecognizable now. I prefer the smaller version. Ogema, now, has a population of about 800, though there are probably a couple thousand in the surrounding countryside. There is a feeling connected to being in a small town that can't be duplicated by any big city block party or neighborhood association. I like it alot. Of course, I enjoyed years of suburban living before getting to the point where small town living didn't sound boring as hell. It's nice to have come full circle, though. There's a lot to be said for small town life.
Today is cool and cloudy again. This extended raw weather season has been a bit hard on my emotional equilibrium but eventually it'll be sunny and warmer again. I hope.
Mike is coming up for Mother's day. Mom knows about that, but doesn't know that Amy and Lorrie are coming too. It'll be nice to see the three of them. Hell, it'll be nice to see anyone at all...
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