Like most creative people I just have too many varied interests to fit thematically into a single blog, and too much of an ego that thinks that whatever I have to say or share will be of eminent interest to the rest of the world. So, where "A Stumpjumper's Meandering" will continue to focus on the things of Stumpjack Coffee Company, the Stumptoons blog will be an amalgam of my own personal interests and stuff I find to be fun.
For this first post I want to show three cool tiki glasses I got from my friend Kim's gallery shop (I'll share my entire tiki mug collection on here at some point because, while there seem to be hundreds of blogs and sites out there that do that very thing, there can still never be too many tiki mug collection sites). These are Siesta Ware frosted glasses, with wood handles and gold colored metal bands, with imagery showing pineapples, dugout canoe, palm trees on an island horizon, drum & spear, tropical fish and flowers. Very cool.
Kim's shop, Persimmons, is a real treasure, as are Kim and her husband, Glen...they are a must-stop if you're traveling through Manitowoc.
We were one of the sponsors of AcousticFest this year in Manitowoc (Sunday, July 15). It was a great day in every respect: music, weather, friends, beer, wine, work and relaxation. I include work because I began the day at 8:00 helping to set things up, and after the event taking things down, but that was fun so to call it "work" wouldn't be fair. In any event, one of the interesting things about the day and those since then is the response that the Stumpjack banner has been getting. It is a huge banner, and started a little buzz at the park that is still being talked about today (Wednesday, three days after the concert). Here are a few of the comments we've heard thus far: 
