The sun is breaking through the clouds this morning. It's been nearly a month since I have had any time off, but I decide to put a couple of hours in this morning adding more of the plumbing needed in the garage. I install the neccessary fittings for the laundry tub that we will install in the garage.
Jack and Lynn ask to go to lunch and take us down to Stoner to the little restaurant there. What a great brunch and some of the best homemade bread. We take a short walk around the nearly abandoned trailer park there. The owners want to sell and it's an interesting thought to think about buying it...but not for long.
Off to the side lot is an old sheepherders hut with smoke coming out of the chimney. We decide to stop in and visit an old friend, Mary Jane Millard. Mary Jane is a legend in these parts. Now 83, she is a kind, alert and very interesting woman. She lives in an amazingly small space, less than 100 sq. ft. A long time rancher and still running 20 head of cattle up on the last private land on Stoner Creek, this is her life. She is confined to a rolling office chair and can't walk any more. I promise to bring her kindling and some chocolate bars from the Conoco in Rico next time I go down the canyon.
Jack and Lynn have asked us to look at a house with them at the top of
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