Mother and I have done all our shopping with a five dollar bill. Five divided by eight is — not much.

Better than debt, better than debt.

Not very long until Christmas time. Twenty-four days to do your shopping early.

Some things don’t change, like Christmas shopping countdowns.

Shopping day. We still have verbenas in bloom in our garden. Almost no coats in town today.

This sounds lovely. I wish I could see the garden! I ate my first tomato from my first tomato plant yesterday. I think I rushed it…