Lisa Denton and Barry Courter
BARRY COURTER: Lisa, when it comes to city parks, are you fer ’em or agin ’em?
LISA DENTON: I am definitely fer ’em, and possibly agin ’em, if you consider that “agin ’em” could mean rolling in the grass or climbing trees. Not that I do too much of that anymore. Too many ticks and chiggers. And critters like that seem to find their way to places where you can’t pick ’em off unless you have the flexibility of a circus performer. Which I don’t. But you were saying?
BARRY: Wow, that was a longer walk in the park than I imagined when I posed what I thought to be a fairly banal query, but now that you mention chiggers in places I can’t reach, I’m rethinking the whole idea. Maybe I’m agin ’em too. There’s also the whole thing about people not picking up after their dogs, and who does that? Seriously.
Our Miller Park will hold a reopening party on Friday, and I don’t think I’ve seen a longer list of events associated with an event since I submitted my birthday requests before my 16th birthday. The actual event was much smaller than I envisioned, but no matter.
LISA: Was that wish list any longer than the one you’ve supplied for your next birthday? Goodness. There are only so many power tools one man could possibly need.