It’s the 4th today, and Elly and I are both looking for things that will fill our day. We can go to the Shepherdstown Parade and picnic, or ride over to the Charles Town Farmers Market, or go to a movie (although a quick look at the schedules shows nothing we are interested in during the afternoon.)
This evening we will be going over to the Antietam Battleground in Sharpsburg for 
the big concert and fireworks where my Daughter, Penny, and her kids, my son Buddy ad his friend Rachel and her son, and Elly and I will sit out on the lawn and watch and picnic.
At the end of the coming week the CATF (Contemporary American Theater Festival) opens at Shepherd University. Our friends Linda and Cecil are joining us for the opening week and we’re sure looking foward to five plays, a couple of 
lectures and the Breakfast with Ed (Herendeen), the head of the CATF. This covers our next two weekends (the Festival ends the first week in August).
There are lots of other things going on here this month… the Goose Route Dance Festival, 4 Farmers Markets in Shepherdstown, The Fire Department Carnival, art exhibits, etc. If you get a chance to come to our town during this month, expect it to be crowded with people from all over the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions and beyond.
btchakir
