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Yay For The Guy In The Golfcart
by on 6/8/2009 5:16:40 PM

Greetings,

Welcome to the Cooper studio. Right out of the starting gate here, I need to tell you: I will never again hold a golfclub in my hand, nor will I ever stand next to a stupid little white ball laying on the grass wondering about hitting it with the aforementioned golfclub. There. Now you know I am talking about the CART portion of the word golfcart, not the golf portion.

On with the story. The 2009 Iowa City Arts Festival, Iowa City, Iowa, is now in the history books. Like all proper June art festivals, it involved a little rain. But let me tell you about Iowa City folk. They are of a sturdy strain.

When winter happens, they embrace it wholeheartedly. No where on earth will you find more fur-topped boots than Iowa City, Iowa in December. (we ignore the category Ugg) The scarves found there are incredible and amazing. Color, design, pattern, length----some of these critters wrap the neck three times and still skim those fur topped boots! I am trying to impress you with the absolute fact that they do not mince on weather preparedness.

Saturday's morning rain? Ha! That did not stop the good folk of Iowa City. What an amazing collection of umbrellas. I got a wonderful photo of a charming little girl in her pink rain coat, pink boots, and carrying her pink umbrella. Yes, of course she had beautiful blue eyes and perfect blond hair, what did you expect? I wish I had asked the mom for permission to use the photo here---sorry.

Do you suppose "recession" is a season? Ha! That "season" didn't stop Iowa City either. Amazing. I sent paintings along with happy patrons in the rain, and when the sun came out in the afternoon, I still dispersed paintings.

Then came word of the forecast. Darn. Overnight strong winds, potential heavy rain. Just what an owner of a imbecile EzUp wants to hear. Glutton for punishment that I am, I put it all in the car. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, right? (And yes, a couple other (ahem) lucky EzUp owners had theirs blow over during the night)

Sunday dawns. I start flipping channels for the forecast du jour. Strong wind, heavy rain, possible hail. Lovely. Those weather guys, they were sure united, I'll give'em that. Except for the guy in the golfcart. Hey! It's the golfcart again! Finally were getting to the crux of the story!

Now let's review: EVERYTHING is packed safe and secure in the car. I've already logged in an excellent show. I don't need to risk setting everything back up, do I? I drive to the show, park the van in front of location #104, and drink my coffee. Here comes the guy in the golfcart. He has already proven himself to be an excellent show manager---calm, steady, in the right place at the right time, always has the information you need. He has covered a lot of miles in his golfcart. His information at 7:56amSunday was that the skies would be clearing, a sunny afternoon would be ours, the storms would hold off until after the show closed, probably start during the drive home.

Did I mention the guy in the golfcart had a very honest face? I set up my exhibit. I sold a painting. At 11:30am, I put on my sunglasses. I sold more paintings. I packed the car. I was all the way up highway 218, "the avenue of the saints", as far as Waterloo when the storm hit. I drove merrily on home. Yay for the guy in the golfcart.

Later, Cooper

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