Community Library’s LitWalk produces mini masterpieces
By Dana DuGan
On Friday, Aug. 19, The Community Library hosted its second annual LitWalk. Around the city of Ketchum various businesses and venues joined the venerable library to celebrate the idea of literature, reading, and love of the written word in general. Participating in the event were Gold Mine Consign and The Gold Mine Thrift Store, whose proceeds benefit its parent organization, The Community Library, where readings and a Kids’ Corner were held; Iconoclast Books for readings and “Books, Bites & Bourbon”; Chapter One Bookstore for more readings and “Books, Sweets & Wine”; Sun Valley Museum of History for “Water, Wit & Wisdom”; and Warfield Distillery & Brewery for “Keep It Short,” which hosted the Six-Word Story competition. Food and entertainment were also offered at some of the locations.
Six-word stories selection:
“My family went on the litwalk” – by Ellie
“Fifty years, perfect spouse, so lucky” – by S. Rapchinski (who added, “I’ve already won”).
Three typewriters – including one contributed by The Weekly Sun – were set up at The Gold Mine, where they remained in heavy usage until the bitter end of the evening. Here are three highlights:
“Today we went for a hike and saw beautiful pink roses with emerald green gnawed leaves.Gnawing them was a little raccoon with his big black eyes staring at Big Foot lurking behind a near by tree. So I pulled out my Remington hair trigger rifle and that was the end of Big Foot
Then we went backpacking in a pristine wilderness area to a high altitude alpine lake. We encountered a bear but she left us to go eat berries. We are so grateful we left him to it. Eating berries, that is. Yesterday I talked to a cow goat. It said Ruff.”
“Some say a picture is worth one thousand words
truly a story with 300 is worth more
a book frees your imagination
it can take you to a magical place
a good book can be worth a lifetime
meaning is priceless
it means hope; fortune, and faith
a story can give the mind thoughts and ordinary thought
wouldn’t be worth
take time to read a book for time
Is worth more than anything
Time is the life you live
Times is the why you spend your years it is the why your only
Life can time out
If everyone you …time correctly time can be worth more than money
A picture tells one thousand words
But a story is worth more”
“One upon a time there was a big fat unicorn. His name was Joe Bob. He had a purple, green, yell and pink mane, a silver body, purple hooves, and a pink horn. He loved to eat red and purple skittles. His favorite pastime was rainbow surfing. He would go rainbow surfing with his girlfriend Poomptricia. They got married and had 7 foals named Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet. Soon Joe Bob was balding so he wore a rainbow zebra patterned fedora. It was very unflattering for his figure. One day, sadly, (Poomptricia) dropped dead of rainbow disease. The foals were off at college when it happened and they were very sad. Joe Bon lived to a ripe old age of ninety seven unicorn years, which is 9,000 human years. Thee Endd.” – by Gracie Gibson