1. I made progress today in deciding which books to pack up and ship as donations to Better World Books. I'm beginning to fill some boxes.
2. Ed and I met at The Lounge around 3:45 this afternoon. He's had concerns about the stability of two large trees on his property and today a crew came out and took them down, a huge relief for Ed. He admired the crew's workmanship and showed Cas and me videos of the work being done. Impressive.
3. Ed left after a couple of beers and I stayed at The Lounge, knowing Debbie was going to walk up from the Beanery where she went to relax, possibly knit, possibly read a book, possibly have conversations.
She arrived and it was fun to watch her continue her reentry into life in Kellogg. She's already reconnected with friends, attended Christy's book club, shopped at Walmart (where she ran into people she knows from Pinehurst Elementary), and she visited The Lounge last Saturday.
Today she joined a table to talk with some regulars at The Lounge, like Candy and Gloria, and Harley came up to the bar and we got in a good session of yakking about all kinds of things: transporting cars, the food pantry at the Elks, the opening of the bar in the basement of the Elks, surprises created by revelations provided by services like ancestry.com, and other subjects, all including stories, questions, and thoughtful reflection.
I was at The Lounge for nearly four hours -- my longest stay in a long time and I walked out and drove home cold sober thanks to the wondrous non-alcohol content of Bud Zero.
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