ARTISAN MONTH: The PA Route 6 Alliance declared April as Artisan Month.
“As spring blooms along the U.S. Route 6 Corridor in Pennsylvania, it is time to celebrate the artisan and artisan groups that make the northern tier of Pennsylvania a beautiful place to live,” a press release from the alliance explained.
To that end, the alliance is highlighting the works of several artists and art organizations that are members of the PA Route 6 Artisan Trail: Wendy Neckers of Painted Finch Gallery in Corry, Dan and Jan Niebauer of Ralph Miller Jewelers & Gallery of Erie, Art in the Wilds in Kane, Curt Weinhold of Coudersport, Connie Sickler of Settlement House in Sylvania and Dietrich Theater in Wyoming Cultural Center in Tunkhannock.
The alliance talked about the history of the artisan trail.
“The PA Route 6 Artisan Trail was started in 2005 as a year-long trail, designed to establish Route 6 as a driving destination for exploring the heritage and folk-life of northern Pennsylvania through products produced in that area, specifically the arts and crafts. The PA Route 6 Artisan Trail covers the 427 miles from the New York border to the Ohio border.
“The trail also serves as a network for artisans to share ideas and experiences. It is managed by the PA Route 6 Alliance and funded through the Heritage Area Program of the PA Department of Conservation and Natural resource.”
POTHOLES: Reader Dick Thomas wonders, “Will the driverless cars go around potholes or simply go through the potholes? That should be very interesting.”
It does take pretty complex thinking to bypass potholes, all while watching pedestrians and signs and signals in front of you and trying not hit traffic in the opposing lane.
Driverless cars are one of the those things we have no problem seeing in a science fiction film but have trouble imagining in the real world. Sometimes technology moves faster than our imagination.
