I've been working night and day since I managed to pull the kitchen back into shape. Fortunately, Alice was able to scavage quite a few mason jars from Peel Village--she shrunk them all to thimble size and sent them to me by owl, so I had supplies to use. I have about a third of the number of jars on my shelves that I had last year.

I don't know how we'll get through the winter, Bill. I just don't.