Main Street

by Michael (michael@code4life.com)

I've been thoroughly using my eBook Reader. I picked up a few "free" classics from the Sony Store. I've gotten into, Main Street by Sinclair Lewis. Such a simple story (spoiler warning): big city girl, marries country doctor, and settles into the small town of Gopher Prairie, Minnesota. She's progressive and plans to shake up the small town, to make it grand and beautiful and modern and to enlighten the people with art and poetry. Right now (I'm only a quarter of the way done) she's mired down in petty town gossip involving her speech, dress, and home.

Update: I'm halfway through now. Carol (big city girl who married country...) just had her first child, Hugh. He's now the focus of all her plans.

I got the opportunity to visit small town America in Cherry, IL pop. 500. I trained the School District (six teachers) on our software. Main street was a hodgepodge collection of buildings, most simple and utilitarian, like Gopher Prairie. There wasn't an open restaurant in town. The town a few miles over had a restaurant open for both breakfast and lunch. I had an egg salad sandwich from a gas station; it seemed appropriate.

Cherry, IL:

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