Michael's Continuing Fame

My sweet husband has appeared so many times in our local paper, and has shared his time in the paper so much, that my SILs have been asking him, "Are you the only person in Crescent City???" But between Willy Wonka and Michael's starring role in the recent solar eclipse (get it -- "star"ring?), he is pretty much the man about town. When he was Willy Wonka, many people tried on his hat for size, none cuter than Darcy:

But, just like Darcy, almost no-one else could fill that hat quite right. 


For the eclipse, Michael was at Point St. George with two of his co-workers interpreting the event for visitors from near and far. We started out there with my cousin and her friends from Portland, but just as it was starting, the fog moved in and blocked the view. We drove inland. Not much -- just to the high school parking lot and got a good show all the way though the "ring of fire". We're only about 20 miles from THE place to view this particular eclipse, so we had about four or five minutes of the ring. Poor Michael didn't get to see it because of the fog, but he did get his picture on the front cover of the newspaper. Again.

As if this is not enough fame for one person to handle, Michael also has a radio show these days. Our local community station hands out radio shows like candy, apparently, because Michael walked in to get information about how to get a show and walked out with the 8 to 10 slot on Wednesday nights. His show is called Death to Classical and features themed collections of classical music. Last night was "For the birds". The signal goes out to the downtown Crescent City neighborhood only -- and we're talking radius of three or four blocks, pretty much. But you can listen online. I don't think they're recorded, so you easterners will have to stay up extra late to listen. Or you can just check out his show's page.