. or so local lore has it.Dunedin is in a sort of rain shadow and trees grow best when they have reasonable expectation of sufficient water. Tightly p...cked tree rings means a lack of rainfall. Wide rings mean rain, plenty of it and fast growth.But the man with the money calls the shots. The trees stayed.The back yard had some thick trunked poplar ... probably ... or so I thought ... until the timber man tried to buy our Agathis."Timber Act of '49," he said. Didn't mean a thing to me."I like my. Add a bit for travel to and from the airport to the city and their hotel I was still looking at roughly 36 hours that they would be on my turf.Of course I was polite and agreed to meet my fan at Arrivals on the due date, maybe take them to their hotel in the city even offered to have a drink or two in the interest of Commonwealth relations between Canada and Australia.A few days passed and then the suggestion was raised about me getting time off work so that I didn't leave strangers alone in a. "Mercy stepped up to the bed and said, "You will come home with us and stay with us. You are our hero right now and we want our hero where we can watch him. Please, come home with us, we'll take care of you."At that instant, my son Gene walked in the door. "Dad, how did you manage to get shot in court, especially Federal court?"Gene came over to me, leaned down, and gave me a gentle hug. He was a little watery-eyed when he said, "You know you took care of me every second when I was sick with. .I was about to lose it. I nervously crossed one leg over another. “You’re too dam cute,” Tim whispered, as he looked down at me, standing right in front of me. I didn’t dare look up him. I stared straight ahead. “Do I make you nervous?” Tim asked. “A little,” I replied. “Why?” he asked. “I don’t know,” I mumbled. “Awkward moment?” Tim asked. I simply nodded my head up and down without saying a word. I shifted in my office chair, turning towards my cubicle intruder. I leaned on to my desk.