The Mighty Roar of the Ever-Polite Evinrude

Some weeks back my pal Kristy Athens toodled through the Wallowas on her book tour for Get Your Pitchfork On! The Real Dirt on Country Living which, let it be known, is more than the real dirt, it's the peat moss and the Miracle Gro and quite simply an indispensable guidebook that you should not venture out of a city limit without.

I promised her a fun-filled boating excursion on the healing waters of Wallowa Lake and instead the blankety motor wouldn't run so we bobbed around and ate cherries. It looked like this –

Have you checked the viscosity?

Not all bad, eating cherries. But there was a noticeable lack of the wind whipping through our hair as we sported across the picturesque lake.

Well, no more.

Here is proof positive that the S.S. Rombach is back on it's sea legs.

Bacon, whiskey and the truth

I made noise about this Kristy Athens lady being a person you should listen to. As evidence I present this gem.



I rest my case.

Kristy reads from her new book Get Your Pitchfork On! Thursday, June 21st, 7 p.m. at the Fishtrap house in Enterprise. See you there.

Sharpen your pitchforks

Kristy Athens makes milk shoot out my nose when she talks because she’s real funny and plus she writes words really good and on Thursday she’ll be here doing both when she talks and reads words out of her new book Get Your Pitchfork On! 

It's like City Mouse and Country Mouse but with people and less cheese. Also some downright insightful points about shifting to country living. Athens is a sharp one and Wallowa County folks will appreciate her take on things rural vs. places with parking meters.

Kristy and her cohort Mike Midlo are no strangers to the Wallowa country and you're probably no stranger to the OPB Art Beat shows that Mike produced, with folks like Kim Morris, Steve Arment and other crafty persons.

She's a hoot. Come help me heckle her during her reading at Fishtrap on Thursday. It’s at 7 o’clock.