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We're having nice weather.

Working on a charcoal self portrait at the moment, which is our homework every week from the figure drawing class I take at the community college here. Considering putting my image in a "I'm the NRA" T-shirt to see what reaction from the liberal professor, though I like her.

That's a very old town you live in, I guess Miami's 100, but barely. I'm supposing it may not be a huge town if the kids can sell hot dogs on the town common. Don't think southern towns have "commons."

My son was a scout too, did well there.

To tell you the truth, I was very relieved when the kids were toilet trained, I may not have missed diapers and stuff too much. I do miss Christmas in the old days, though, when the kids' grandparents were still alive.

Are the leaves turning where you live? It'll be fun to see the kids in the parade tomorrow. I guess all the town equipment, like fire trucks and stuff, will be in it too.

Don't think southern towns have "commons."

Probably not in Florida, but a lot of the older southern towns are built around town squares. Heck, Savannah is built around 17 of 'em...(or something like that)

Don't think southern towns have "commons

There are some small towns in MS that have town squares; usually the courthouse sits on it. I know Lexington has one, and I'm sure Oxford has one.

Lots of New England towns have commons. The town meeting house, which was usually the Congregational Church, sat on it. The Cong. Church sits at one end of ours and has been there since, I think, the mid 1800s.

That's cool that you're doing a drawing course. I took one in the summer of 1976, just before we left MS for Sir SuziQ to do his graduate work at Florida State. We haven't lived there since, but my Mama, and our sisters and brothers, with a couple of exceptions, are still there.