the difference a day makes

 Two years ago this month, Bear's house, while not in the best possible shape, still stood on its concrete pad. Then last April a seven-foot wall of water swept through town and that was it for Bear's house, though somehow his truck survived. Word is that Bear is encamped up the hill on Randy Marlow's property and that his cousins, who had a trailer on the concrete pad where his house used to be, were gifted a derelict house in town. The library has reopened, but otherwise nothing much has been reopened or restored. The cafe, or as old-timers know it, "the Store," across the street from me is for sale for $22,000, including river access. Beautiful building. Would make a great studio. Needs work!