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As part of Yoncalla summer reading program, the Yoncalla Public Library is assembling a weekly activity package for about 50 families.   Tuesday’s delivery contained directions and supplies to construct a marble track.   From a paper sack of supplies to a leap of imagination! From a paper sack of supplies to a leap of imagination! The library partnered with Yoncalla Schools for delivery.  Student meals are delivered twice weekly, with ingredients for breakfast and lunch.  Erin Helgren of Childrens Institute took on the complex task of figuring out USDA guidelines with regard to protein needs, etc. by age group for about 150 students, then converting that into a grocery list of nutritious ingredients; followed by purchasing the groceries; hiring staff to pack boxes then deliver those food boxes.    A huge undertaking that's getting smoother by the week!

It’s been a remarkable day.   Tyler called with a 1910 Craftsman house in Corvallis, my absolute favorite house style, well until Frank Lloyd Wright.   Erin stopped by and said she wanted to be clear, she wants to buy this house. Jeanne pitched the idea of me writing a screenplay from her friend’s story that I recently read. Then there’s my recurring dream.    A recurring moving dream I’ve had for months recently.   I’ve out, the house is vacant. I take a last walk-through, reliving fond memories. I spot my mother’s blond-dyed mahogany piano standing proud in an otherwise empty room.  Argggh. Is that a weird dream?

We've had a very wet spring this year resulting in a burgeoning snail population.  Said snails are feasting on my tender flower starts so I search them out and stomp them into oblivion.  I found some large ones yesterday which led to an idea to harvest the little pests.  Into escargot.  They eat my plants and I eat them! I fondly recall a dinner with friends aboard a floating restaurant in the bay off Lahaina.  It was a magical evening.  We had escargot for starters.  The texture reminded me of scallops, a juicy pop of flavor.