Saturday Night St. Patrick's Day Fun

We attended the Dinner/Talent Show at the Taylors' church tonight. The food, company and entertainment made for a delightful evening. The Roots and Marquettes filled up one of the tables. We met Mitchell for the first time. In fact, I held him for a while so Nancy could eat her dinner. This church is full of talent. Of course with so many musical Marquettes as members, how could it be otherwise? One of the highlights of the evening were the Four Heads or Foreheads singing an Irish song. Two Marquettes, BJ and one other appeared behind a puppet stage with only their heads showing. Congratulations to Marie. She did a lot of work on this event - including serving in the kitchen before the show.
I hope everyone else enjoys a Happy St. Patrick's Day, also.

Sweet Goodbye

There are some things I just never expect to go away. One of those was Osmond's Pies. It has been a landmark in Stow for as long as I can remember. But this weekend the store closed because of lack of sales. D and I decided that we should have a last pie or two. It would seem everyone in town had the same idea. D had a nice conversation with Mrs. Osmond. He had two of her children in the Stow High School Band.

We also have another connection with the Osmonds. Howard Osmond was a fireman in Stow until he had heart trouble. Then he became everyone's plumber. He came to our house when Katherine was about two. She was drawing, and Mr. Osmond commented on what a wonderful piece of artwork it was. For that reason, I always kept it.

It became known by our family as the only picture of a gurkeysnoot in existence in the world. Other legends developed because of the gurkeysnoot picture. I often told the girls to "Gurk their snoots in the proper places" when they went out. Marie will not say the word in my presence. It is just another of those weird Willis things.

I shall always remember the Osmonds, their wonderful pies, and the infamous gurkeysnoot.