PALMER BUZZ: Sept. 5, 2017

Dial-down denial

It’s legitimate. It’s here. Fair is over. Winter’s coming. The chores are many in the month of September. Procrastination at these final outdoor chores is no longer optional. You’re on deadline. Make your list. Get it done. Rest easy during the winter…which is not longer a fear or a threat…it’s a reality.

Doobie doobie

So the Doobie Brothers rocked the crowd on Saturday night. They call their music—psychedelic southern folk rock hippie redneck music—but we just call it good. Yes it was worth waiting in a three hour traffic jam.

The Doobie Brothers said they loved being in Palmer, Alaska, again and from time to time they looked out, above the crowds and kinda gazed at our mountain panorama. Sweet music and sweet mountains go better together, as the theme from the fair proclaimed.

And yes, there was a bit of a doobie scent in the air—from time to time—which just lent a bit of authenticity of this fine old music.

One of a kind

Yukon — the Reindeer from Palmer — impressed the National Livestock Judge. He said, “This is the only fair in the United States that shows reindeer.” He looks forward to more entries in future years. Halyee Snedirev was the Palmer reindeer handler and she did it so well.

Palmer palette proclamation

The best part of the year is September in Palmer. You have the entire colorwheel on your Palmer palette:

Final blue summer skyWhite of the mountain topsRed of cliffs, ridges and low lying alpine vegetationYellow of leaves and golden shrubs which are starting to lie downGreens of non-frost kissed fields and grassesReds of the fireweed leaves, elderberries and mountain ash berries

Are you suffering?

Are you suffering from Post Fair Depression? Has melancholy got you down since the party is over? Is the afterglow of the fair too bittersweet? Well, Palmer friends, stock up on Vitamin D and try out some of these fine offerings in the next week:

Thursday Night Run Series at Fox Run Lodge and RV CampgroundFriday Ahtna Language Sewing Bag Workshop at the Palmer MuseumFriday night Moose Members Memorial Dinner at Moose Lodge with Honey Mustard RibsFriday night Foreign Films at the LibraryFriday night five-year Anniversary at the Midnight Sun Yoga Goat Parlor in downtown PalmerSaturday Palmer Food Swap on Saturday the 9th at the AnnexSaturday Alaska Picker DaySaturday’s exciting Worm Bin Management Training at the Mat-Su Solid Waste Division 9 Saturday’s Grow Palmer Clean Up hosted by Mat Su Farm Co-opSaturday Hurricane Harvey Relief at Crossfit Grizzly Palmer FitnessSaturday Fight Night Bike Night at Klondike Mike’sSunday Library Open Room Crafts