I work casual on-call for the Cumberland Museum. I worked there the last couple of days and got to meet a lot of interesting people. One thing that comes up over and over is they are so impressed with the rich history of our little village. If you haven’t made it out there this summer then you should go! Take the whole fam damily, some friends, Grandma and Grandpa, cause everyone will love it! And some people enjoy coming by themselves and take their own sweet time going through. I can understand how that would be appealing. The replica coal mine on the lower level is really cool, save it for last. You could pick up a Heritage Walking Tour brochure at the Museum and take a walk through Cumberland when you’re done. So come on out to Dodge, you will be giving yourself a special treat.

we had our first firepit fire at our new house. It’s a very good thing that we can still have backyard fires in Cumberland. The day that we can’t is the day our for sale sign will go up. I wonder if that’s true, but I do have a passion for backyard fires.