You’ve probably heard about recent flooding in Washington State. Several wrote inquiring about our welfare. Thank you. Our home wasn’t threatened. But Kit and I had paid $250 (non-refundable) for a Christmas fair booth at a fairground in the heart of the flood zone. We hoped the sponsors would cancel the event but that would have meant financial disaster for them. Kit and I debated simply skipping out. But we share a value to finish what we start and so attended.

The fairground, being on higher ground, became the operations center for the Red Cross. They also invited farmers to move threatened livestock there. We had horses, cattle, goats, sheep, goats, chickens, and ducks as neighbors. I’m not sure how ducks are threatened by a flood. Preventing their escape maybe. The highland cow shown is one of the animals rescued.

As always, we met interesting people. Shoppers were understandingly sparse and none of the animals bought books. But unexpectedly, we sold enough printed novels to put us past 2,000 for the year.  Adventures usually involve a bit of risk but frequently pay off.