Yesterday I was one of the vendors at Bayne Library where they had their annual vendor fair. I got there early and got set up and introduced myself to some of the other people. I'm going to say that there was about fifteen of us altogether. I also got to meet some of the "Friends Of The Library" who run the events there and some of which went out of their way to help us carry our stuff in. We were all in place by 11:00 when it was open to the public and assumed that after lunch people would start coming in but I hate to say that it just didn't happen.

  I'm going to say that there was no more then twenty people the whole day. Some of which did purchase small items from some of the vendors. I myself got a nice custom painted ornament for the Christmas tree. The people at the library told us that they promoted the event well and I trust that they did, but the turnout was not there. One women even went online and "twittered" about the event but that didn't bear any fruit as well. Some of the vendors started leaving early in the afternoon.

  I'm left to wonder what the problem was. How much of it is do to the economy and how much was due to people feeling that they had better stuff to do with their day. I don't know myself but I kept positive and looked at the bright side that my entry fee along with the other vendors will be used to help with the library. I also got to meet the women who e-mailed me about the event and she told me some of the history of the building. She also said that I can come up one day and she can show my some of the local newspapers they have from back in the early nineteen hundreds. I plan on taking her up on that some day.

  I was able to pass out some business cards so good things might happen down the road for me. Having said that I'm going to close by saying that living is giving and if you have some time to help with local cultural events and buildings in your area please do so.