Haven Kimmel is one of my favorite authors, because she makes her characters say true things I never thought of. She has wonderful things to say about irony, one of which is that we can't enjoy something ironically at the same time we're being present in the moment. I think it
might be possible to flip back and forth between the two states, and it's impossible
not to flip in White Springs, Florida.
I [heart] White Springs, with irony and without.
Without:
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| Check cashing AND MORE! What more is there? This one blurs the line, and I love it. |
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| The (Dread Pirate) Roberts House |
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| Telford Inn. This is where we didn't have lunch. |
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| What kind of barn is this? I'm asking. |
With and without:
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| They beat us to the irony. Blast you, native ironists! |
We weren't there frivolously. We were vendors/shoppers at a swap meet hosted by
Suwanee Hardware and Feed. [Contender in both categories; runner-up in irony, blue ribbon in non-irony.] Nice guy in charge, gave vendors and shoppers toilet privileges. Move toward the back of the store for fish, crickets and thrift store merchandise.
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| These people are pros. Literally, not ironically. |
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| Vendors start setting up at 6 AM. NB: it is still dark at 6 AM. |
Annie had tools and gadgets to sell, and she's sold-out here. She used her windfall to purchase a 30-amp cord and a small cooler. I used her windfall to purchase handmade vegan soap from
Suwanee Valley Soapworks. It's an ironic link, because they don't have a website, but their labels list one. The soap isn't ironic, though; it's very nice and was $1/bar. Sorry, Etsy. A bar was later found gracing the bathroom, which charmed me more than was seemly in a feed store potty.
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Cirque de Chats:
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| OOOOH! |
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| AHHHH! |
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| WOWWW! |
