The Walpolean

i received an email today from a reader making sure I had his new email address since he had not seen The Walpolean in a long time.  In one regard, I felt bad because I knew I had allowed the “Christmas business” get in the way of community service.  On the other hand, I felt good because it reminded me that there are readers out there who want to know what is happening in town and look to this blog to help them out. (By the way, if you change your email address, you will need to subscribe again using that address.)

I trust that lack of posts didn’t cause you to miss “A Christmas Carol”. They reported an audience of over 460 people, raising $3,948 for area the Fall Mountain Food Shelf and Our Place.  This brings the total raised in seven years to $24,197.18.  If you are one of the few who have never attended, I recommend that you do better in 2015. (I spoke to a woman who said she had never seen it before and she enjoyed it so much she won’t miss it again.)

if you are a subscriber to Distant Hill Gardens, you were informed of the Winter Solstice event.  it sounded like a fun opportunity to get rid of the “Grumps” that often come with the short, dark days of December.  Sorry to say, I allowed the short, dark days to get me down and stayed home!

The live Nativity on the Common was rained out, but I’m sure you realized that when you saw that the manager was missing.  Personally, I can’t remember a year that the forty-year tradition has been cancelled but I will leave it to other historians to set me straight if I am wrong. 

So, anyway, my apologies to all who have missed the posts.  I have made a New Year’s resolution to do better in 2015.  At the very least, better than the one that says I will get into better physical shape and exercise regularly!

Happy New Year to all. – Lil