I was leaving Dr. Nancy Burns office in Brattleboro, she is my chiropractor and in a few minutes, she magically altered my  back and the pain that has been plaguing me for days eased dramatically. As I was leaving my Iphone binged – a text message.

“We have to go to Brattleboro tonight,” was the message from my wife, “Gee’s Bend quilters and exhibit is there at 5:30..I’m very excited.”

In my universe, there are no more important words in the English language than the news that the Gee’s Bend quilters are in town. There was no question of not going, we were going. After a few minutes, she remembered to ask me how my back was, but this was an afterthought, I understood what the priorities were.

We can’t stay overnight, as I have to teach my short story class at Pompanuck Farm Saturday morning. Deb Foster, our friend and farm-sitter is always happy when we go away, she gets to hang out with Red and Fate and bring greats to the pony, donkeys and sheep.

So we have a lot of driving to do this afternoon and tonight. My life would be worth nothing if we were late, and we will do a quick turn-around and head home for tonight. I still haven’t figured out who made those charges to my Facebook account, and I still have not been able to communicate with Facebook directly.

But I did stop the payments. I guess it will take awhile to sort it out, assuming I ever do contact them. I have a new rule, no more business with any company that can’t be reached. Maria is, in fact, very excited about seeing some of the Gee’s Bend quilters. So am I. No pizza tonight at the Round House.