When I went grocery shopping on Monday after a trip to Mallard Industries, a "sheltered workshop" in town that is quite impressive — they have business going on there that I had no idea of! — heavy industry, woodworking, shoe repair, catering, recycling, sewing — I've probably forgotten some. We were there to discuss possibilities for Emil finding productive work in this community once he finishes high school. Anyway, after that I went to the Co-op for the coming week's supply of grub.

They had a pretty good sale on canned goods, so I stocked up on beans. Garbanzo beans, brown beans, kidney beans, beans beans. Of course, our storage room being still flooded and overfull to start with, putting everything away when I got home presented a problem.

But it was soon solved. I gave the job to Everett, who attacked it with glee. He enjoyed the doing more than I would have imagined, and was exceedingly proud of the end result.

Obviously he will be most self-satisfied with work that requires organizational skills. He loved the challenge of it.