News from the front page of the Mt Vernon Signal: Several dozen bags of stolen moss were discovered! Stolen moss? Yes, and it's a federal offence since this moss happened to come from Daniel Boone National Forest. The short news blurb said that moss is "often used in floral arrangements" and can sometimes be "of some value." hmmmm... Charges are pending for the perpetrator.
Other things that happened today that didn't make the front page:
- A 20 year old girl poked her head in the door and quietly asked for some toilet paper. Her mother passed away last December, and she is raising her brothers, one of which is actually older than she is. She's a waitress at the truck stop diner. She told Jenny that the next time she came she'd "fix you something special."
- We delivered a mattress and boxsprings to a couple named Chillit and Flo. They live in a rough trailer park behind the IGA. Across the gravel road, a skrawny boy stood watching us in red underwear. Later his mother came out and stared at us too. It seemed like a look of distrust.
- Did an EA (Emergency Assistance) mostly by myself. Set up for School Readiness Distribution tomorrow (lots of loading and unloading - backpacks, boxes of clothes and books, etc). Let down by The Bachelorette.
Wow...that's quite the day you had there. Stolen moss, red underwear, and a man named Chillit all in one day? Nice! Did you ever think you might possibly encounter someone named Chillit? You are growing every day my dear. Growing every day!
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