We heard today that Garey Larrabee, owner with his wife Jane of Hastings Store, is in the hospital in St. Johnsbury. We'll try to find out more tomorrow and report to you.

There has been more sunshine today than we expected, although there were plenty of rain showers, too. The forecast for the week looks better than expected - things have changed a bit apparently, so now it's looking good for the weekend. That would be really nice. There are warnings about swimming in lakes, rivers and ponds that are running high water because of the possibility of bacteria being present. Some swimming areas have been closed because of this. I guess with all the rain we've had, almost anything could be in the water; hopefully it will settle down with a few days of sunshine without rain.

We've been checking in on the Red Sox game tonight, but it's now in the 9th inning and only one point spread, so I guess I'll go see what happens.