Glare report 10/25/04

[pegkerr]

I did not finish reading Fire and Ice, but I've read all the chapters that were germaine to my research. Today I started reading Icy Pleasures: Minnesotans Celebrate Winter. This is getting at my topic rather obliquely. It's not talking just about the St. Paul Winter Carnival (although that's a large part of it), but other events state wide: sled dog racing the the iron range, skiing competitions, carnivals in other cities, etc. It also only goes up until about WWII. After I scope out what's useable from this book, I imagine I'll move to researching in other directions, particularly in architecture, and in whatever Robert Olsen can direct me to. Still don't feel ready to write yet, but my backbrain says I'm adding good stuff to the mental compost pile, so I do feel I'm moving the project forward.