Bert and Georgianna have returned to the Secret Garden, after various trips and detours and distractions. It was good to see them there. They have a lot of fun and they look like they’ve been there for many years, right in that spot. Friendship is so important at the Mansion.

There was a sudden uptick in requests for help from the Mansion.

I did my weekly reading and there were 18 residents in the room, a record. I read books and told ghost stories. Peggie said she has seen two demons, and Madeline said that growing up in New York in the Bronx, there was nothing she hasn’t seen.

I asked if they needed anything this Fall, I had a hunch they did. Every single hand went up when I asked if they needed sweaters or warmer shirts. So I alerted my classy Thrift Shop network and am buying $100 worth of sweaters for distribution Friday.

Colder weather is just around the corner.

Georgianna needs some open-toed sandals, they’re on the way.

On Monday, the Mansion Memory Care Center (dedicated to the Army Of Good) is opening. There is a soothing room for dementia and other memory patients who get agitated. They need to hear soothing music, touch soft stuffed animals and fabrics.

I was asked if I could buy a good-sized lava lamp, anything soothing or calming for the unit.

I bought $130 worth of anxiety and stress art, rubber balls,  squeeze and calming toys and lights, lamps and dairies designed for elderly memory care patients by psychologists.

By Monday the first Memory Care patients will have the tools they need in the special Sensory/Calming Room.

On Friday, I’m collecting the $100 worth of sweaters and fleece jackets for the Fall.

If you wish to contribute, you can do so via Paypal, [email protected] or by check, Jon Katz, Mansion, P.O. Box 205, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816. It’s never dull around here, which is a blessing.

It means needs are being met.