Ronnie was a great reason to attend the party in her own right, divorced and very sexually open, but I had made the choice to focus on work.It was a g...od evening in terms of writing, and I actually managed to get ahead of schedule. I considered calling Ronnie and seeing if it was not too late to change my mind, when I heard a knock on the door. It was a bit late for any neighbour to be asking for milk, and I was a bit startled by it. But when I looked at the peep hole, I noticed Daniel and. It was my dad, mom, their friends, Harry and Millie and their son Joe and daughter Mary Lynn, and I. We left the house late and it was about a four hour drive to the lake, so it was going to be after dark when we got there. Mom and dad in the front seat and Joe, Mary Lynn and I in the back seat. So it wasn't too uncomfortable, just a long trip. It had started getting dark and looked like Mom had dozed off in the front seat while Dad had some soft music playing on the radio. Harry and Millie. I knew from my college days that certain trees had a painkiller in the bark so I accepted the offered medication and gnawed on it a while. Soon the pain dulled and I was feeling better."I guess it's time to do the me Tarzan. You Jane bit," I mumbled to myself. "Ah, my name is Doug. What is your name?" Meka," she answered, pointing to herself."Thank you Meka, for helping me," I don't know how much English she knows, but it seems to me that it's only right to thank someone for their aid, whether. A forest in the midst of a falling snow can be a very quiet place. Sounds travel a long distance and yet the precise direction of their source can be confused by the sounds themselves bouncing off of trees. Felix and Carlos could hear the sounds of cars on a highway, and they naturally walked towards those sounds, but the winds and terrain changes made their trek much longer than any straight line. It was mid-afternoon before they saw the little store and the half dozen cars in its parking lot..