While the cabin is simple it does have electricity, heat, and plumbing so it's a great getaway.The weather was great when we left but as we drove an e...rly snowfall began. At first we thought it was pretty. Everything all covered in clean white snow but it quickly turned into a storm. We stopped and loaded up on provisions just in case. Our cabin is on a dirt road and not one of the first roads cleared.When we made it to the cabin everything was blanketed in two inches of wet snow and we played. Crawling over to the bed,I told Lynn to look away then lifted a corner of the covers just enough to peek underneath. My audible sigh was evidence enough to let her know that our fears were unfounded."No dead body?" she asked."Not unless there's a mouse,or some other critter,that's passed away in there. It's just a pile of old coveralls and a couple of blankets,Sweetie."I climbed to my feet,looked around and found a box of matches on a shelf. Climbing to my feet,I gathered together a few pieces. In terms of mundane things, a compass was actually a pretty magical item in the way that it always pointed north. It got him to wondering if he could do the same kind of thing using magic. Of course, rather than having the compass point north it would be nice to have it point to something that he wanted.He reached into his pocket and pulled out a paper clip. Unfolding it so that it became a nice pointer, he set it down on his open book. He ordered it to point at the nearest letter ‘e’ and was. She said that because they didn't have a traditional family, she had made their own, unique, family traditions. I asked her for an example and she grinned and told me that her Grandfather did all the cooking while the women set the table. The way she said, "set the table" gave me pause. She was definitely alluding to something but damned if I knew what.She told me to bring a bottle of wine and meet her at the office to drive out. As we pulled into the driveway of her parents house, she turned.