Pontoon

For my birthday this year, the Mrs. got me a set of CDs of Garrison Keillor reading his latest book, Pontoon. I've been looking forward to listening to it for over a month now...and the drive to and from Pittsburgh for Thanksgiving was the perfect time.

We're about halfway through now and not much actually happened. But we have gotten to know about 20 folks from Lake Wobegon. They're an odd bunch, really. And one gets the sense that these 20 folks, and probably another 10 that we have yet to meet, are going to get to know each other in the midst of a crazy situation.

That crazy situation will most likely involve:
A dead women's ashes in a bowling ball
A parasailing grandkid
A pair of 18 foot fake geese
A parachuting Elvis
A hot air balloon
A Lutheran Pastor
And yes, a pontoon boat.

If you can figure out how to put all that together, well, you are probably Garrison Keillor!