*FRI Jul 25* Our Lincoln host, Trish has 2 jobs: one is at HyVee in the evening, and the other is taking care of 3 young girls during the day. She got up served us breakfast, went and picked up the girls, and returned. JJ and I chose to skip the 7am Yoga in the park, scheduled for the Marchers. But we wanted to get the garden tour at 9am. Trish was also interested in the tour. Tim Rinne and his wife were offering the tour. He distributed a printed copy of the article in *Mother Earth News* (April/May 2014) entitled *Homestead Hamlets: Neighborhood Gardens That Create Community Food Security.* If you want to access it on the web go to <http: www.motherearthnews.com/homesteading-and-livestock/neighborhood-gardens-zm0z14amzsor.aspx>. If you read his article you can see that the garden is a response to climate change. I shared with Tim our Carson City, Tahoe Drive, Zahrt/Sutton-Tews transformation of 2,000 sq ft of lawn into garden. I/we have not been as successful in recruiting our neighborhood into gardening. He and his wife have created what they describe as a Hamlet out of their square block. It now has a total of more than ½ acre of garden (<Guide to Urban Homesteading>--MOTHER EARTH NEWS). Tim took us on an hour and ½ tour, describing what it had taken to transform the 20 family neighborhood to the Hawley Hamlet. Once the tour was complete we piled in Trish’s van and went back to her house for lunch. Then everybody was ready for a nap after which Trish took the girls home. When she came back JJ and I got to know about her situation. She has 4 daughters, is divorced, and has shared custody of the daughters with her divorcee. This week is his week for the girls, so we had access to the girl’s bedrooms. She has had a great deal of support from her friends and her church. There was a fund-raising event at the Zoo Bar from 7-10pm. Trish had gotten pizza when she took the girls home, so she served JJ and me pizza. We left for the fund-raiser at the Zoo Bar in time to set up for the Climate Justice Gypsy Band. When we arrived there was a band playing and it played until 7:45. Another band was scheduled to play but they let us ‘squeeze-in’ and play 3 or 4 numbers. We did that around the promotion of the Fund Raiser. Although I don’t know how much was raised, I’ve heard that it was successful. Eventually JJ and I went back to Trish’s. *SAT Jul 26* Trish gets home from work at HyVee about 10:30pm. She was up at 5:45am cooking breakfast—hash-browns and scrambled eggs! JJ and I ate breakfast and went to the gear truck first then to the cafe, our departure point. Trish joined us because she doesn’t have responsibility for the children on the weekend. We thanked her and said goodbye at the café. We waited for everyone to arrive and finally circled up at 7:55. Once the announcements were made and we symbolized our departure by all putting one of our hands in the circle and lifting them as we named our departure, it was time to go. I left and found it complicated to get out of Lincoln. I discovered that US Hwy 6 and Cornhusker Hwy are the same road. It was a 15 mile ride to 1st UMC in Waverly, NE, and I got there in 2 ½ hours. Since it was Saturday they were cleaning up the church for Sunday morning. They were preparing piles of sweet corn in the kitchen. I suspect they had a potluck scheduled for after Sunday worship. We had permission to use the church grounds, but not the building. It clouded up and began to sprinkle. I set up the big tent in anticipation that it was going to rain. The clouds blew over, the sun came back out, and we ate supper. Of course we had sweet corn! -- Peace, David