I measured another three inches of new snow that accumulated over yesterday and lat night. Not a lot, but it all ads up to about two feet of snow total from this storm. Now the wind is beginning to start up, shaking some of the snow loose from the tree limbs. When it falls onto power lines, there sometimes is a blip in the power - or it may snap the connection and we'd have an outage. So far we've had only blips this morning, but we know our luck may run out.

We stopped for the mail yesterday and West Danville was getting a full blast of wind off the pond. The temperature was about 30 degrees, but it felt much colder on the porch at Hastings Store. The road was wet and every time a car or truck went by there was a cloud of salty mist. Traffic doesn't seem to pay much attention to the speed limit signs coming into West Danville. Vehicles roar through there at darned near full throttle, I swear.

Before we left the store, I went into Deb Stressing's craft shop. Deb was tucked into a corner behind the counter where she has her sewing machine set up. She was eating hot soup and working on sewing projects for the shop. That lady is never at full stop mode. There were some adorable pin cushions she'd made on the counter, and she was busily making more. We talked about the West Danville Community Club. Deb is the president now, and I'm working on a section about the public beach and needed some information from her about the WDCC. They are responsible for far more than the beach. The WDCC keeps the meridian looking niced and the Park & Ride as well as the foot bridge and the beach. Deb told me the State of Vermont actually owns the Park & Ride, but it is the WDCC that takes care of the portable toilets there as well as at the beach as well as picking up trash and the picnic tables there. I hate to think what the Park & Ride space would look like if not for the work of Deb and the volunteers. They depend a great deal on memberships ($5 for a single, $10 for a family membership), contributions from Cabot, Walden and Danville, and private donations. If anyone would like to make a donation, it can be sent to WDCC, P. O. Box 6, West Danville VT 05873. It might be a nice Christmas surprise and a way to say "Thank you for keeping both the town space and the beach beautiful and inviting." 

I got the information I needed for the book and Deb asked about publication. Our original target for publishing was this fall, but we are nowhere near finished. Perhaps by next fall . . . ? It is definitely shaping up nicely, and we are beginning to think about the photos we will be adding to the text. That alone will be a huge undertaking, but well worth the trouble and the wait. We have lots of wonderful photos to share.