It was great to talk with fiction writer and Columbia College Professor Don De Grazia at Rite Liquors in Wicker Park in Chicago. We talked about Chicago-style softball (FYI, the original softball) and what he is writing. De Grazia is author of American Skin. https://www.simonandschuster.com/authors/Don-De-Grazia/1440314.

June sold me some baguettes, so we discussed what was the best way to eat them and then went on to discuss the philosopher-baker Judy Sarkozy and other matters.

Lee Ann Johnson, my sister-in-law, stopped by H House with my brother Mike, and so I asked her what she had been doing. She kindly talked to me about Ohio politics, her history with politics, knitting and other topics.

Talked to my brother Marshall, who has driven a truck for 40 years about driving and computers and other things.

Sonia Lipson visited to help us with some projects, including some maintenance and improvements on the Little Cottage on the St. Joseph River. I asked her what it was like to be here. Sixteen minutes.

Chris and I are sitting in the donkey barn. I was rolling baling twine into a ball. We are anticipating our 37th anniversary.

Kellee Campbell can do a lot of things, including building picnic tables and making pies. She has been staying with us at H House (with husb. Nich Martin and four kids) during a 6-week summer trip stay away from Florida, where she currently lives.

Nich Martin, Biologist, talks about bugs and the misuse of statistics in this 80 minute podcast at the (Michigan) H House, with interesting interruptions by his kids. Nich, who is married to my niece Kellee, is great fun. He and his family are living in Florida while he gets his PhD in entomology.