December 9, 2021

Trip to Hendersonville to avoid the cleaning lady. Breakfast at Main Street Cafe, where they served their eggs Benedict with melted Velveeta in place of Hollandaise. Waitstaff merry and unafraid to laugh back in the kitchen. Everywhere you go in Asheville people are masked, but it was rare in Hendersonville, and in one store something I said made the owner launch into a diatribe against vaccination. Her main argument seemed to be that the formula for the vaccines is imperfect and some future effects remain unknown. My main argument–which remained unexpressed–is that they keep you from getting sick in the short run, and that’s all I can expect to have control over. Bought a bear and a banner with quotations about Valhalla. 

My rewrite of the Parish Profile seems to have received general approbation.