dual personalities

Happy Wednesday, readers. I had an interesting weekend here in Jefferson City. My local chapter of the DAR had its November meeting at the Museum of Missouri Military History on the Ike Skelton Training Site. This is a cool museum that has a bunch of old airplanes and tanks and other military items on display. The were having an open house that weekend and giving rides on old Jeeps (it was, of course, cold and blustery, sigh). And many, many people in historical dress were also there.

Adding to the excitement, my chapter had nominated a local resident for a national award and he was being surprised with it at the meeting! A representative from Nationals, the State Regent, and the Mayor, were all going to be there. It was a big deal. You can read more about it here.

After the meeting, I had volunteered to cover the DAR table for a couple of hours. We were encouraging people to support Wreaths Across America, an annual effort to put wreaths on all of the graves at America’s military cemeteries. A worthy cause. More information if you’re interested in sponsoring a wreath!

That evening, Downtown Jefferson City was aflutter for the Sip and Shop during which you purchased a ticket (aka a wine glass) and visited our little stores and sampled wine from the region while getting ahead on Christmas shopping.

Naturally, I found something for myself. But I also got a few gifts. Jefferson City is funny because we have like five stores–but in some ways, the shopping is better than in Kirkwood!

It was a fun weekend and I felt like part of the community, but I did enough being chatty with strangers on Saturday to last me unil the new year!

*title comes from Isaiah 35:4