Word: rustic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Garrison Keillor is the somewhat moonstruck and lately much celebrated rustic whimsyfier whose monologues from Lake Woebegon, Minn., embellish Public Radio's Saturday evening country-music broadcasts. The first response of an uninitiated listener is likely to be, "That fellow is being funny," and the second, uttered with reproach, "No, that fellow is being serious...
...Tournament weekend at the Willamantic Motel Inn, outside of Storrs, Conn. The tourney festivities kicked off on Friday afternoon with a women's soccer "social," which featured fruit punch for all the participating teams at the Alumni Center. The Crimson left early and went to Rosale's for a "rustic" dinner in front of a fire. Rumor has it that the team's waitress is still telling the story about the party of 24 that asked for separate checks...
...typically quiet Scandinavian night for the scattered residents of the Blekinge archipelago on Sweden's southeast coast. Suddenly their rustic peace was shattered by something that went bump in the dark. "First we heard a gigantic crunch," recalls one resident of the 60-is-land group. "There was a lot of rumbling. The whole island shook." Some of the hardy islanders heard the sounds of a diesel engine racing and blamed the whole incident on Swedish naval maneuvers. The community went back to sleep...
...champion arm wrestler. Who will challenge me?" roared British Actor Oliver Reed (Women in Love) as he swaggered into a rustic, 160-year-old drinking and dining establishment in Stowe, Vt. A customer jokingly volunteered, but before the two men could lock forearms, Reed, 43, turned the contest into a genuine barroom donnybrook, with the brawlers flipping furniture and smashing beer bottles. Handcuffed and manacled, the actor was arrested on charges of simple assault and disorderly conduct. He spent the night at Lamoille County's Hyde Park jail, then had to come up with $4,000 bail. Reed...
Though he lived and died in Florence, Lorenzini was captivated by his mother's home village on Monte a Pescia. Its rustic beauty was an ideal setting, as Pinocchio once explained to the talking cricket, in which "to chase butterflies, to climb trees and take little birds from their nests." Says Professor Rolando Anzilotti, president of the Carlo Collodi Foundation that promotes the lore of Pinocchio: "The book reflects the flavor of a country town where a child first opens his eyes to the world...