knizerbah, #maine, I failed to talk about #MOFGA's amazing #CommonGroundFair this year. I'm sorry. Did y'all go, and was it a blast? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAPx7YQRIu0
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Poor 'Possum@knizer I went for the first time since 2019, and brought my mom and my partner so we could get portraits at Cole Caswell's tintype booth. We took the train in from Thorndike and visited Boxcar Books, caught the sheep dog demonstration (I will always watch the sheep dogs!), and chatted with lots of amazing craftspeople. Common Ground Fair is hands-down my favorite event in New England.
@poorpossum I have to figure out a way to get us up there in 2026. I'm so glad the tintype is still happening, did that a while (yikes, a decade?) ago. Its such a good event, i hope it never gets spoilt.
@knizer Honestly, MOFGA and the Common Ground Fair feels like the nucleation site of the new world we need to build in the bones of the old. It's been six years, but it still feels like it's holding to that, looking to the past to preserve the future. I'm considering volunteering next year and trying to get to know the bike side of the operation a bit better!
@knizer I'm also keen to get more Boston area folks up, and hopefully figure out how to carry that energy back with us. I'd love to touch base and try to figure out a good way to get you and others up there. My dream is to cobble together a hybrid amtrak/bike trip, but that might be rather intimidating for folks.
@knizer Still, an annual envoy of Bostonians making their way up without cars feels very ideologically aligned with the fair