Tom Lake

Heidiโ€™s

1/20/2025, 6:30

โ€œShe liked to sit in the fruit stand and talk to the people who stopped to buy ๐Ÿ‘ and jam. โ€

โ€œGenerations of Nelsons had cleared the trees and planed the boards and pulled out the roots and the enormous rocks and planted the orchard. They looked after the cherries and the apples, the ๐Ÿ‘es and pears.โ€

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Ah yes, tea towels!
Peach rating: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

Good Material

Marthaโ€™s House

June 19, 6:30pm

Time for a visit from Mary
โ€œShe was wearing my motherโ€™s ๐Ÿ‘ silk dressing gown. I stood in the kitchen, my heavy school bag still over my shoulder.โ€
There it is, in a moment of infidelity

Peach rating: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘.5

Happiness Falls

Minaโ€™s house

May 28, 6:30

โ€œI kicked John under the table to see if he noticed, but he just said, โ€œOw, stop,โ€ and then he was overly nice to Dad, thanking him for getting the ๐Ÿ‘ yogurt he mentioned liking the previous week, saying, โ€œItโ€™s so thoughtful of you to notice, Dad. Youโ€™re such a great dad. You do so much for us. Thank you, Dad. Truly. Thank you.โ€

Peach Pepsi!
Notice the split cake

North Woods

Tilaโ€™s house

March 19

6:30

โ€œThen his climbing beans were eaten by the deer, the turnips by rabbits, and a pair of porcupines made quick work of his ๐Ÿ‘ saplings.โ€

โ€œThere is a beaded necklace dropped by a longshoremanโ€™s wife during a moment of indiscretion, a splintered lens from a bookkeeperโ€™s spectacles, stray curls blown from a barberโ€™s market stall by an offshore breeze, ๐Ÿ‘ pits, rotting broadsheets of forgotten songs. โ€

Peach Rating: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘

The Enemy at Home

Steveโ€™s house

February 6, 6:30

โ€œI hope he doesnโ€™t mess that up and lose her, because sheโ€™s a ๐Ÿ‘.

Host of the evening
Chicken fricasee
And lots of Rosieโ€™s
And a fire/ explosion
Riviting conversation
Silk pie
Matching napkins, of course
Rosie, err, Heidi?
We had strong feelings about the book

Peach rating: ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘, overall evening ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿ‘