I think these are really ingenious, and they’re surprisingly comfortable. And you can get out of them without a crane.

But as much as I liked my new chair, I didn’t actually sit on it at the folk festival, except for a brief test sit. I just never found a place where I wanted to be. I wandered around for awhile, and then I left.

Nothing against the folk festival. It’s not the folk festival, it’s me. It’s just a malaise I’ve been feeling, and a general sadness. Maybe it’s the coming of fall and another year gone.

I listened to Eliza Gilkyson, who is one of my favourite musicians, but I didn’t think she sounded as good live as she does on her CDs. For one thing, she didn’t have her band with her, and she was performing at a workshop, so I kept having to wait for other people to get finished their songs so I could hear her again. (I admit that I’m not the ideal festival goer.) This is a picture I took of her.

I thought this thing was really silly. It’s a battery-assisted recumbent trike with a bright red fairing on it. Mid-life crisis anybody? Step right up! Only $8500.

This little girl is pretty cute. I wonder what happened to her chin.

Come to think of it, she looks like she’s planning to punch me in the nose. Maybe that’s what happened. Kid’s a born street fighter.

That’s all for now. Next year is another year.