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Oh my! triggers! Blackberries, oh whidbey, neat! Oh! The last thing I did for my landlady before she fell and was whisked away to the hospital, never to be seen again - "look, Rosemary, fresh blackberries. I just picked them!" Trying so hard to get her to eat anything at all. 6 years ago and I still hurt to think of it.

Idea of sawhorses and a board is good but has to be small enough to fit in small car and stable enough for pottery. Thinking...

Susan seems to be planning very well with great determination!!

I unloaded and reloaded kiln on Friday. Nice load of sponge ware came out. Have not unloaded the new one yet. I had a good sleep and was up early enough to load car on Sat am and get to the Market in good time. When I was all set up and ready to start demo, I looked at a chair, thought it looked strange and----sat on it anyway. Then I lay on the tarmac saying, "Stupid, stupid, stupid......" Emu egg on head. I was carefully picked up and put on a good chair with ice for head - in the shade next to a lovely woman who kept moving me out of the sun. We had a great conversation for the next 3 hours. R found a friend to drive down with him. We packed up and went for lunch, then to the mill to leave the shelfs that I have to put on roof of car, and back to the city. R got nothing done at work.

My head came OK. But I could not drive safely with a left arm that would not move in some directions. But I only phoned for fear my head injury might be worse than it was. Proves what a hard headed woman I really am. It really hit hard on the edge of the curb and I did not even see stars!

I took lots of MSM for the pain and extra glucosamine and this morning, the arm in almost 100%. Better than before I fell. Yesterday we went to quaker meeting and came back to the house and R read all day while I read and computered and fed us. Also I walked to the library. And a LONG phone call with a woman about a raccoon she is trying to rescue from a well meaning human. She said she would phone back today and I dread it. She goes on and on. I need someone to yell, "Fire!" or something...

Today, I have not gotten away from the computer except to have lunch. A couple on line discussions took a lot of time. A good email re Dragonfly does not seem to need reply but good info before we go back on Friday. It sounds as though our friends are taking life in both hands and moving forward! It is even possible that the support we gave them last Sunday helped them. I was included in the email as one of those trying to help, referred to as "a Quaker firebrand who wants to help DF heal and offers mediation."??? There is a "work week" at the end of August which I think I can get to. Looking forward to this weekend visit to work on it some more, gain more clearness.

One of the most important tasks ahead is to de-clutter the property of a man who has filled spaces with a hoard of tools. A fragile man who will need to be treated very gently and given every possible support. He does not live there and his son has bought him a piece of land nearby so I am hoping for some sort of storage space to be set up and lots of physical support given in moving his treasures.

Now, I need to write something about "going home". Then get some pottery work done.