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Base Camp celebrates small town living  

Base Camp celebrates small town living  

Llama, llama, quarantine drama...   This afternoon, a nice black car drove by my house. Sitting calmly in the back seat was a large white llama. As the vehicle went by, the animal’s glistening black eyes, shaded by lush dark lashes, met mine for a brief moment.  I quickly grabbed my phone and texted a friend. “Just saw a llama in a car.”

Extraction Review   Netflix is one of the few places where you can find new movies coming out at the moment and their newest film Extraction has turned out to be quite the hit. But does the movie live up to the hype?

New look at beloved literary character

Down in the lazaretto...   There is an old Russian adage that people who are destined for the firing squad need not fear drowning. 

It is really great to see so many people using the new Great Sauk Trail, but for you folks who bike, please be aware that it is important to let the path’s other bikers and walkers know when you intend to pass them.

My Neighbor In Need has a website along with this news article, which connects those who have a need with those who wish to fulfill this need. For those in need check website at saukprairiemyneighborinneed.org, or call My Neighbor In Need at 644-0504-ext.18 to request a need-leave a name, address, and phone number and a volunteer will call back.

The times we are in are unlike anything anyone has seen before. Businesses are shut down, people are staying in their homes to safely social distance, and the toilet paper shelves are experiencing a drought greater than Lake Marion had in Mazomanie the past few years.

A day to remember   We had to cancel our daughter’s sixth birthday party the other day. It felt villainous, but global pandemics do have a way of ruining plans.