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‘Tis the SeasonThe road bends a little somewhere near Fergus, subtle at first, then noticeable, and finally, you realize that you have gotten off the “beaten path”. Was it a simple wrong turn? Miss a road sign? Damn GPS satellite fall out of orbit again? Or was it a motorized manifestation of some instinctive desire to do just that? For some, this time of the year can prompt a bit of reflective thinking, not that any kind of thinking is bad, as long as you don’t have something to get done. Of course, most seem to be driven by schedules and the lateness of the hour, so to speak, as the holiday season shifts rather abruptly from the pleasantly overstuffed feeling of Thanksgiving right into what is now known as “Black Friday”. We can see it here in Fergus, see the increased traffic flow on the Fergus Freeway, hear the Madison Avenue types sounding the siren song of their clients in the retail industry, frown along with the economists as they worry whether we are spending enough. But we see it from a little distance back. We see it, but not right up close as those in more mainstream areas might, and that’s just fine with us. We’re a little isolated, or maybe insulated is a better word, but not disconnected. Participating feels more like an option than an obligation. It’s a place where a Blackberry seems better suited to a pie than to the pocket of a suit coat. Where we wonder what kind of bean grows in an I-Pod. Where an Apple, which may or may not be a Macintosh, can become a sauce or a beverage. Where a download often involves a scoop shovel. Where a Flat Screen keeps the bugs out in the summer. Where You Tube might be a method of fixing a leaky tire. Maybe we’re behind the times, or maybe they’re ahead, or maybe nobody’s keeping score, but it seems about right to us. Like all the rest of our countrymen we’ll do a little Christmas shopping, somebody will surely need new boots, or socks, or underwear. The Mrs. might appreciate something shiny. There must be one toy somewhere that the grandkids don’t have yet. Still, we’d hate to think the fate of the National economy turns on a few transactions over the counter at the Fergus Family Fare Drygoods store. But maybe it does. Maybe we are kind of a big deal after all. |
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