At As The Lake Churns, Pecky Cox snapped this photo of Sadie Wagoner picking huckleberries -- and is looking for individuals to send her blog site photos of their huckleberry picking. See here.

• 10 days worth of lunch guests/A Butterfly Moment
• Exercise can be hazardous to your health (scroll down)/Hauser Thoughts
• Midnight showing/Notes On A Napkin
• A close encounter with ex-Zag J.P. Batista/Slight Detour
• Mike The Parking Garage Guy misses out/Notes From The 'Kan EWA
• In defense of empathy and wise Latinas/Wayward Episcopalian
• More below

• A blogger is born/Bent's Beer Garden
• The clowns in government/Community Comment
• Health care and women for office/Simple Mind
• A writer's space/Gathering Around The Table
• Surprise tickets to Harry Potter/JeanC's Cat House & Shooting Gallery
• 10 pink things in my pink and green kitchen/Midnight Marauder
• Harry Potter, birthday, sleeping in/Silver Valley Stories
• Incoming, and: Exchange/Tumblewords

HBO Numbers (for Thursday, July 16): 8647/5031