Didn't quite go according to plan (but that's okay)

So, Saturday we went to downtown Kent to enjoy Cornucopia Days, our local street fest (previously Canterbury Fair), in and around Kent Station, the pedestrian mall.

Only it turned out that that's next week.

So we walked around and enjoyed the farmer's market, bought some artisanal bread at Wild Wheat, our local bakery, and generally enjoyed ourselves, including the unseasonably pleasant weather.

Then Sunday we went up to The Landing to meet up with friend Shelly outside The Dough Zone, where I was looking forward to some soup-filled dumplings. 

Only it turned out the restaurant, and two more alongside it, were closed. With two ServiceMaster trucks (specializing in repairs and restoration, according to signage painted on the sides of the truck) parked across from it.

 I heard a passing security guard say something about fireworks and Tuesday, from which I assume someone who didn't know what they were doing made a mess and did some damage, but not bad enough to keep the place closed for long. So we ate elsewhere and will make a point of it to give them our business again soon.

Today I stayed in and worked on my Oxonmoot paper, which seems off to a good start. As a break to get out and about at some point today, I walked down to the Kent wetlands, where I have mixed feelings to discover they're bulldozing several short paths to link up the main wetlands trail with the sidewalks among the offices and warehouses immediately to the south of the wetlands. 

At some point during the coming week we'll see if there's time to go by and take a better look at Kent's new downtown park, featuring some great space-themed equipment (like a lunar rover) for kids to climb on. Accompanied by a sign saying that by no means shd kids be allowed to play with them.  I'm thinking crossed signals here: more on this later.

--John R. 

--current reading: J. I. M. Stewart's THE GAUDY (nearing the end).