The Oakhaven Log
First Summer
The book was kept on a shelf at the end of the plot and anyone could write in it. Between the middle of June and the end of July, three people did. Nothing in it was written for anyone to read.
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JUN 16 1994First Dinner
Mara
The long table was out on the grass before any of it was needed and then it went back nearer the wall, and then out again, and the ground is not level anywhere…
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18 JUN
Erik
Long table back under the porch. Two of the boards have cupped and want planing. Stacked with weight on them.
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23 JUNSecret Waterfall
Erik
Trestle done.
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24 JUN
Erik
Dry.
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June 30The Village Linen Canopies
Tess
The blackberries were not ripe enough and went in anyway.
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JUL 05 1994
Mara
They moved the bench along the porch to get at the boards underneath and it has not gone back, so there is nowhere to sit at that end unless you sit on the step,…
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JUL 07 1994Rain and Driftwood
Mara
Somebody put the bucket under the leak in the night and it was full before anyone was up, and it went on in the same place all day and most of the next, and by…
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July 16Lavender
Tess
Sage is finished for this year.
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20 JUL
Erik
Nothing come in.
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21 JULThe Supply Boat
Erik
Salt, four sacks.