Here is this neck of the woods.

That’s a heck of a phrase, now isn’t it.  First and foremost… do woods really have necks, heads, shoulders, bellies, feet, and such?

You don’t often hear….   “Well… in these hips of the woods…… ”  OR…. “In this knee of the woods.”
It always happens in the neck.  Always.

But there I go AGAIN.  I digress, and I hadn’t really even started yet.  Pathetic.

Okay.  Here is this neck of the woods..we have a little festival each year…. where people gather ’round the PIG.  It is true.  The Grand and Famous Preble County Pork Festival.

I don’t know that it is officially called “Grand and Famous” but it probably ought to be.  It is one Big Pig Celebration.  There are chops, and hams, and sausages, and pork sandwiches.  Cracklin’s crackling all over the place.   I’m telling you… if you want something pork… you will find it here at the Preble County Feast.

Vegans don’t get along so well here…. in this neck of the woods.

Anyway… there are Pig Races, Cement Pig Painting Contests, Arts and Crafts Galore.  Fun and Games.  Educational Displays.  And people.

Not only are there people who are celebrating the Pork…. there are people who have a need for The Pig.  Of course…. food from pigs.  But even more so…. they need the…..  Pig paintings to hang on their walls.  Pig birdhouses, potholders, and cookie jars.  Pig yard art.  Pig clothing.  You name it…

It is one big happy festival.  And there is so much Pig Happiness, that the Big Bad Wolf is nowhere to be seen.   That old boy is way up in the neck of the Northern Michigan woods … or something.

And then….. after the festival, the pigs will have to go back to building their houses of straw, and sticks, and bricks, and such.   If they want to hide, of course.

Most of ’em this weekend…. are just hiding in blankets.  I know that for a fact.
Share our similarities, celebrate our differences.  —  M. Scott Peck

Celebrate what you want to see more of.  — Tom Peters