”“Oh, Santa! I hope I can be good enough. The electrician was named Dave, and he came to fix the wiring in the garage. Squirrels had chewed throug... the wires and shorted things out. Dave had a truck full of wires and pipes and stuff, and he said he’d need to put everything in conduit. It was July, and quite hot in the garage. After an hour or so, I took a glass of lemonade out to him. He was on a ladder, and he was wearing shorts and a t-shirt. I had on a pair of shorts and a tank-top; as I. " Yes mother. Come Maria, desirest thou to bathe first?" That was a safe offer, as Maria treated bathing as an ordeal to be postponed."Thou canst not have any of the baths. I shall have to offer them to our guests, to wash their feet at least." Mother, please look at me! Will wrapping my best clothes over this really impress?" Thou art right. Wash Maria as best thou canst and see to dressing her. I shall send a bath up before thou art to come down. Take thy time, and thou shouldst wear my blue. When she lifted the cover off the box, a musty smell came from inside. But the jigsaw pieces all looked in good condition. Lisa picked one up. The color was faded, but the picture was clear. She could see the shape of a finger in the piece. It looked like a woman's finger. Lisa sat down and started to lay out the pieces, top side up, on the large table. As she took them from the box, she sorted out the flat-edged pieces from the inside pieces. Every so often, she would recognize something in. .. if we live." Simone," I exclaimed, " I love you..." I know. We can discuss my father later. Kiss me quick, and start taking notes. I wish Gil was here, we could use her shorthand." Simone is in the groove. It's her groove, I've never seen another like it. I know she's in it, though. I started taking notes with her drawing paper and my sharpie.As we minutely examined the compartment she bumped the wall. As luck, coincidence, Karma, or the Chinese saying that 'no good deed goes unpunished'.