Still spring … does that explain this weather, the rain and cool breezes? We’ll greet summer next week, according to the calendar, and I bet we’re all hoping for drier skies, drier dirt and fewer mosquitoes.

I was sitting around a table the other day with co-workers and noticed that half of them were doodling, all very nicely sketching cool designs. This creative energy comes from a magical place, at least to me.

This Saturday, we’ll have a chance to meet not a doodler any more, but a very funny, very talented artist when the Community Association presents cartoonist Jeff Pert at 7 p.m. in the town hall. If you’ve shopped for postcards or T-shirts in Maine, you know his work: witty lobsters, moose and ice fishermen.

On Saturday, Jeff will talk about and show how he develops his ideas and drawings. There are lots of talented artists of all ages in town, so please bring the whole family (including the doodlers).

Turns out Zumba fans outnumbered school budget geeks last Saturday. The town hall was almost crowded with an excellent response to Debbie Speed’s introductory Zumba class. Debbie’s committed to doing an ongoing series of classes on Sunday evenings, from 6 to 7 p.m. at the town hall beginning this week. There is a $6 fee per class. For info or questions, shoot Debbie an email at zumbananaspeed@gmail.com/.

Have you visited the Frances Perkins Center on Main Street in Damariscotta? It’s a small exhibit space, but full of Frances Perkins’ family history (including the Newcastle homestead) and her work in New York and Washington, D.C., in the 1920s and ‘30s, helping to create the Social Security Program. The center is collecting stories to bring the actual experiences of Social Security recipients to current policy discussions. Give a call if you want to share your story, or attend a program on Wednesday, June 17, at 9:30 a.m. at Spectrum Generations (phone 207-563-1363).

Thoughts and prayers are with Janice Lester and family on the passing of Albert. His graveside service is this Saturday at 1 p.m. at the Cromwell Family Cemetery. Albert was a man of many skills.

Last year, the History Committee received photos of logging on MacMahan Island in the 1950s, with Ed Cromwell and a few local fellows working for the Pejepscot Paper Company.

The accompanying picture features Albert Lester on right, and Herbert Brewer on left, loading pulpwood which would then be hauled to the river and boomed over to Westport. A hard-working man, Albert will be missed by his loving family.

Daisies, buttercups and a few stray but happily welcomed lupine are making appearances this week at mewbarnes2@yahoo.com or 207-882-6055.