Well, Paige is not a county seat. In fact the only person at work who knew where it was said, “isn’t that the place where the tractor store is?” However, I spent most of Saturday in Paige, TX, and can’t remember when I had more fun. Yesterday morning I loaded up my new spinning wheel and carpooled with a new friend over to Yarnorama. There’s a spin-in there every month, and I was hoping to learn more about my new obsession and watch others spin.
We had a lovely time, there were spinners as new as me and people who have been spinning for decades. Susan, the owner, is a lovely host and natural teacher. Plus, of course, the whole event takes place in the fiber enthusiast’s equivalent of a giant toy/candy store. There are yarns, needles, hooks, looms, wheels, and nearly every kind of spinning fiber imaginable. (Seriously. She even has yak.)
A lovely time was had by all. My wheel is the reddish one in the bottom left corner.
On the way back we stopped at Meyer’s Elgin Smokehouse in Elgin. Gosh I love this place. I always seem to get the Garlic Pork Wrap, which is literally 
a slice of white bread with a divine pork sausage on it, next to a pile of white onion pieces and pickles. The first time I went there I ordered beans, and the lady delighted me by handing me a styrofoam bowl, pointing, and saying “the beans are over there in the big black pot.” Now, as we all know, the very best beans come from big black pots. Overall it was a Saturday’s worth of activities lovely enough to make up for the bizarre cold, and that’s saying something.
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... And I Will Go to Texas! 
