All the folks here at the Peanut Butter Cafe & Roadhouse are sitting around talking about what a nice person Pottermom, a Colorado ranch kid turned Texan, is. Rose sighed and said, “Now, AmeliaJake, you could do well to be more like she is.” I know, Rose. I know. (Both Rose and I sigh in unison because we both know it’s probably hopeless.)

But, anyway, Quentin in Texas is in a house where the air conditioning gave out last year. He’s like his Grandma Sarah in some things . . . Hey, I don’t need that; I can take it. Well, I nagged and cajoled and pleaded about getting a new one installed and he kept saying, “I will . . . I will.”

There is a saying: Never Try to Outstubborn a Mother. I take it seriously. I emailed Pottermom who lives in the same metropolitan area he does and, it turns out  not very far from him, and I asked if she had any advice about air conditioning businesses.

She emailed back all this information in a really friendly way, punctuated with personal observations and contacts. That took time. And it is greatly appreciated. So we are hoping Quentin will get out of the heat without his mother losing her cool.

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While we were munching foldovers and drinking “cures” and talking about this, Sophie piped up with a remark about how nice it was of Albug to share her experiences when I (The Amazing AJ) was in my colonoscopy period.

My mother hung a small plaque at the basement door that reads:

“I shall pass this way but once. Therefore, any good that I can do, or any kindness that I can show, let me do it now, for I shall not pass this way again”
-William Penn

You see it every time you go to the basement or just come into the summer eatery area. She also had an embroidered version of it framed on another wall. Version isn’t the word I want, but I just can’t hit the nail on the head right now. It’s kind of like the “sultry” thing in Throw Momma from the Train.

I am so glad Pottermom and Albug have passed my way.