If you enjoy light poetry and creative writing - as opposed to local history - you may find my newest book to your liking.
Last Friday, after a circuit board problem that temporarily shut down a machine for several days was up and running, I was able to pick up boxes of finished books at Seaway Printing in Green Bay. The inside pages had already been printed, and only the covers remained to be printed, assembled, and then packaged.
Although this is a slim volume, (just under 80 pages - $15 + sales tax and shipping), the process of writing and editing poetry and short prose pieces came to be exhausting and exacting in its own way, as much as for other projects I've done. But the pleasure factor in writing and creating is way up there, rating with the best writing experiences I can remember, and I hope readers will receive this with the intended fun, and resulting enthusiasm. The topics covered, and the sculpture photos for that matter, with few exceptions aren't meant to be serious.
The written pieces are interspersed with photos of my sculptures completed over the past ten years or so. Here again, there is no telling what reader or viewer acceptance there might be for such subject matter. Let's just say that both sculpture activity and such writing keeps me busy and amuses me at the same time.
We had friends over for a sculpture / yard party last weekend, and it was enjoyable to see the range of reactions and comments to the sculptures from our guests. If nothing else, these provided the excuse to have a party and socialize.
Below, I'm showing a photo of one of the more popular sculptures, because I intend to donate this as an auction piece for the upcoming Jim Jorgenson benefit Sunday afternoon, August 31, at the Island ball field. Jim is undergoing medical treatment which not only keeps him from working, but from doing much of anything, as his work now is to overcome this illness.
From bits of conversation at Sunday's party, I think we can pin down this truck door as originating from the Island Transfer business when it was owned and operated by Leonard Jorgenson (Jim's grandfather) and Dutz Cornell. They hauled fish and other freight on the Island. Later, that business was operated by Doug Foss (Ivan Johnson said he helped Doug), and later yet, by Lonnie Jorgenson. (But it's thought the old phone number would have changed by the time Lonnie owned the business.) When I began with the Ferry Line, around 40 years ago, Lonnie hauled boxes of fish for the Island's commercial fishermen, bringing them out to the ferry for late afternoon transport to the peninsula.
Several people tried this piece out for effect at our party. The custom, chromed seat, scrapper-son Hoyt tells me, was likely Tillie Ellefson's from an exercise machine. Rockers are from an old wooden-spoke wagon wheel, and the cup holder is possibly from an old steam or water pump piston. All parts were sourced from the Island except the modern-day golf umbrella. This piece rests on a 4 x 8, treated, 5/8" plywood sheet with imitation Jackson Pollock paint job.
The Jim Jorgenson Fund Raiser will be at the Island Ball Park, Sunday, August 31, 12 noon - 4 pm, and will feature the Golden Oldies (Old Timers) vs. Young Whippersnappers (not-so-old players). Come out and show your support for Jim and his family. Bid it up!
- Dick Purinton
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