New Holt was far enough from the Atlantic not to be in as great a storm risk. Well that was the early thinking.Modern New Holt was no longer made up o... warehouses for cotton, but it did hold agricultural production warehouses. One of the new industries was a peanut processing plant. There were huge boilers and roasters exclusively for peanuts. How that one ended up in New Holt was just a guess at that point. Hugo had never heard.As with any cross roads town there were people who commuted to. "Archibald nodded his agreement. "Very odd," he said in a classicBritish understatement. "Every change is toward enhancedfeminine characteristics."Grant nodded. "What does Ned's medical skills have to say?"The professor stopped. "You know, that's odd." What?" I don't remember seeing Ned today. In fact, I haven't seen himsince last evening!"A puzzled look flickered across Grant's features, then it wasreplaced with concern and panic. "Come on," he called as hedashed to Ned's cabin.There was. . more planet building may have occurred covering and uncovering the land. Massive volcanism possibly caused the burying and wind and water uncovered the land. More recently in geologic terms, extraordinary winds carried seed and the land developed soil, grasses, trees that lived and died adding to the depth of soil.Geologic terms:Soon is within the next million years.Recent is within the past five hundred thousand years.Yesterday is ten thousand years.Historic is someone wrote about it.The old. .. but it helps‘ need some kind of snappy combination like: ‘you think I’m deranged? You should see my shrink!’Okay, ... so I have no future career as a stand-up comedian. But you see my point.Lots of laughter and great company. I hoped we’d be repeating these dinner parties. They’re what friends are for, sharing a meal and the feeling of belonging.Mel exchanged affectionate kisses – real kisses, not the ubiquitous fake Los Angeles ‘air’ kisses – with Helga as we left; they’d already exchanged.