And she would have agreed.But Katy herself was not dull. Although she never danced, she loved to dance, had taken ballet, and in her high school yea...s on rare occasions, had torn up the dance floor. At home alone, when no one was looking, she'd put on the music video channel, and as she did her housework would sometimes shimmy into dance moves. In college, at a party, she'd met a black man, they'd talked animatedly, kissed their tongues touching. She'd trembled like a leaf as his hand. There were many times that I wantedto stop the potion, but the thought of the peasants stopped me.I could not have them on my consciousness. With each day Inoticed that my shoulders were not as broad, my strength wasless, I wasn't as tall, my hips were wider, and after 2 weeks mybreasts grew. By that time my genitals were mostly inside me andI had to pee sitting down. By the second week I was a littletaller than the women, but just barely. My body hair alsochanged. The second week I had peach. “Fostering community” was the bullshit slogan for the city’s program to give community groups the use of classrooms not needed for instruction.Well, Ed mused, Southern Tradition was fostering community, in a sense. A community of real Americans, not like the current occupants of the White House. Like anyone other than a white American should live there. It was a crime to watch that man and his family act as though they had a right to be in that building.Getting to that imposter in the White. Her husband offered no explanation as he perused the wine list and ordered something that she would like.To say she was startled would be mild when Todd, the man she was seriously dating when she met her husband, joined them at the table. Her husband explained that he had met Todd at an event and discovered that they had her in common. Todd was divorced for about six months and was pleased with the invitation to see her again. He and Maggie had parted on amicable terms when she decided to.