Ok, maybe I'm just cynical.

No, I am cynical.

Anyway, can anyone make a connection between Martha Stewart — the diva of home design and all that is proper — and the Largest Ball of Twine Collected By One Man?

Apparently, Martha and her team of TV producers are going to give it a try. Roger Werner, curator of the Darwin Twine Ball Museum, informed me yesterday that he got a call from one of the producers of the Martha Stewart TV show.

"First thing I thought was, is this a joke?" Werner said.

The caller assured Werner that it was, indeed, a serious call. And Martha Stewart wanted to talk with Werner about the twine ball.

They've apparently scheduled a telephone call for Wednesday morning. Werner said he didn't know when, or even if, the conversation would be used on Stewart's show. We'll keep you posted.

"I told my wife — she's not a big fan of Martha's," Werner said with a chuckle. "She said, 'The next thing you know, Oprah will be calling.'"

Werner admits he has no idea why Stewart would be interested in Darwin's twine ball, but he figures that any kind of publicity is good publicity for the city's humungous claim to fame.

But I'm a little worried. Just how many home decorating projects might a design guru like Stewart dream up for using an 11-foot tall ball of twine?