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"Hi, this is Tammy. I got a Federal Express package addressed to you?" Due to my having no cell phone reception and her having no answering machine, it took us quite a while to set up a meet. But finally we met by the old bank in Birch Tree. "I wonder what it is," I said. I could see that she was curious, too, so I opened in on her truck window.
Specialty food items! Brie and blue, Japanese and Italian. I gave Tammy the apple crumb cake but did not read her the note from Otra Rubia, who said, "For when you tire of squirrel brains." (!)
And PS, yes, they really do eat them around here, and apparently some of them have mad cow disease. Guess I won't try 'em. Bummer.