Shuffling Along

I'm moving at a very reduced pace these days since taking a header last Saturday and twisting my knee. I'm still waiting to see an orthopedist, no available appointments until next week. I hope I'll be much better by then and maybe won't need to keep the appointment. However, right now, I'm pretty sure I'm never going to heal! It hurts if I move it wrong - and getting comfortable at night is really difficult. I like to curl up on my side to sleep. I may have to resort to sleeping in my recliner - I have great naps there, so why not just camp there for the night! I'll figure it out, but in the meantime, I love to complain to anyone who will listen. I'm not a happy camper being sidelined like this.

I do love this nice weather, but I'm thinking it's time to bring my house plants inside - the nights are going to get into the 30s and 40s very soon, so I am hoping to get that done perhaps tomorrow. All three boys will be working at camp in the morning, and with luck I can persuade one of them to take a few minutes to haul those heavy plants inside for me.I think I've successfully bribed Bill to do it - promising him an egg salad sandwich for lunch.

I read in the Caledonian Record that a former Joe-s Pond resident, Betty Chase, passed away recently. Some of you will remember that Betty once owned the Joe's Pond Country Store in West Danville. That was probably in the 1980s or early 1990s - hard to remember exactly when. It was before either Ned and Marcia Moran or Jeff Downs owned it. I can't remember if Betty owned it before or after Dick and Terry Larrabee, but I believe she came after them. That building was a country store for many, many years, going back to when Mary Rodgers owned it and her husband, Earl, had a garage in the north end. They lived upstairs - their businesses provided important services in  West Danville back in the day. I found these two photos of that building in my files, the top one was taken probably in the mid-1900s and is from a collection at the Danville Historical Society; the second one was taken about 2013, I think. That building (where Nacho Mama cafe is) certainly looks a lot different today!

My knee says I'm about at my limit sitting at my desktop computer. I need to get it up and a little rested before I begin putting supper together. So, enjoy tomorrow's unusually warm weather- another day like today, according to the forecast. This long, warm, dry stretch has been nice, but we so need some rain! A good steady rain for two or three days or more would help. That said, I know we must be careful what we wish for. I'm presently writing for the Cabot Chronicle about the Molly's Falls Dam in the community of Petersville (an archaic name for a group of farms, homes, and a mill site on the lower Molly's Brook, near the Marshfield town line),  and the new dam that had not yet completely filled to capacity when the 1927 rains came in November, resulting in one of Vermont's worst floods.The new power plant was the only one able to produce power in the area and kept electricity flowing to the hospitals in Barre and Montpelier. By the way, if you aren't a Cabot resident and would like to subscribe to the Cabot Chronicle for $20/yr., contact Jeannie Johnson, editor. You'll enjoy lots of Cabot news and find it is a great place to locate businesses and services in our area. Stay healthy, happy, and upright!