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and showing them her drawings & jewelry, and Gerard was looking at vegetable garden & my drawings; then Steiners & Holdens came over for drinks at 5, Steiners on an impromptu invitation. [[strikethrough]] Then, and [[/strikethrough]] I picked a bag of greens for Harrises (& Dana Pratts). Then at 7 rushed over to Hunters for fine dinner with McCartins (lamb chops, some steak, etc etc & ice cream with chocolate & orange sauce. Then walk in fog to p.o. Then home to [[strikethrough]] find [[/strikethrough]] see the blazing eyes of a deer in swamp. On the road home, just past the old p.o with a cold northern mist of a night swirling around me I thot [[thought]] what a strange & wonderful whole world it was, & I thot [[thought]] of a childhood in Kauai when I had vague but persistent dreams of such a northern & cold world to which to transport myself.

Tues July 21 Wrote letters (& a check) to lawyers Praeger & Soule (Wiscasset), watering the garden, picking greens for the Holdens & Werbe, & then off to another dinner, to the Martins where we were teamed up with the McC.'s & the Werbes.

Wed 22nd Marketed for our big dinner tonight for: Palmers, Martins, Henry Kallems, & Krauses. Still no gas delivery. So revised menu go as not to have to bake or broil. Fine weather - a good wind & a good sun. Gas finally arrived at 6 pm.