Kettle River news

Quilting at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church is at 9 a.m. every Wednesday. Everyone is invited to join us. Donations of new thread or crochet cotton are appreciated.

The next Ma & Pa Kettle Days meeting will be held at noon on Sept. 17 at the Kettle River Senior Center. Attend the meeting and bring ideas for next year’s event.

The Finnish luncheon is noon on Wednesday. The last Finnish luncheon for the season will be in October.

While I was attending nursing school, my classmate Carol and I would usually have lunch together. I would always give her the tomato from my salad. She finally asked if I didn’t like tomatoes. I told her I liked them, but not the ones we got on our salad. She was born and raised in Chicago and had never eaten a tomato right off the vine. So, one weekend during the summer, she went home with me. I took her out to the garden and picked a nice warm, ripe tomato off the vine and gave it to her. She took one bite and was amazed.

“No wonder you always gave me your tomato,” she said. “I have never tasted a tomato as good as this.”