I went to the meeting for the upkeep of our road, and the next morning, while walking, I saw the other four who had attended. (Our road is not a state road; therefore, we have to repair it ourselves.) First, though, a man stopped his car, introduced himself. and asked how the meeting went. He knew me, but I didn’t immediately recognize him. He pulled out money for the road dues, handed it to me, and asked if I would deliver it. His mision accomplished, he asked if John no longer walked with me. You should have seen the shock on his face when I told him John had died almost a year ago. Do you suppose he wondered if I would spend the money on myself?? I promised to take the money to Bob, the current treasurer. He told me to contact him if I needed anything and called my phone so I’d have his number.

I walked on to the creek and didn’t spot the dead fish Logan had seen there the night before when he went to the meeting with his dad. I was in front of the fire station when there was a loud noise as several bins fell off a trailer. The driver was putting on a shirt as he walked back to the jumbled pile. I crossed the road and began picking up a hundred scattered pens and some craft items. He lifted the heavy bins back onto the trailer, thanking me a couple of times. He was still shifting things as I crossed the highway. I think he was taking the junk to the garbage center and wanted to make sure nothing else fell off. It was a pleasure to help someone who didn’t expect it.

Closer to home, Beth was walking her two-month-old puppy down her steep driveway. Dixie let me pet her as we chatted about the meeting. The next person I met was Pat, walking little Mickey. Normally his wife is the one with the dog. I waved at Jeff in his truck, grateful he took his car the night before, because I was riding to the meeting with him. I spotted Shawn and Bob on their porch, soaking up the warming sun. The money delivered, I asked Bob to text the man that he had received the road dues. That should have set the man’s mind at ease that his money was in the right place.