I just stood under the warm water and let it pound my body for about 15 minutes. When I finished, I dressed and went downstairs.The light was blinking...on my answering machine. Evidently someone had called while I was showering. I punched the "Listen" button. It was Colleen. She was angry that I had hung up on her and then turned off my phones last night. I could hardly believe the tongue-lashing she gave me, which finally ended with, "You cannot keep me from my children. You're the one who. Strain and discard the solids. Pour into glass jars, chill, toss away the fat and cap the jars, refrigerate. Makes a good base for most soups and stews. You can mix the fat with bread dough and use that as fish bait.”“Then what?”“Then we make the soup,” She started over. “Four to 5 medium potatoes, peeled and diced, 1 pound fresh mushrooms, sliced, 1 cup heavy cream, 2 large carrots, sliced, ½ cup chopped fresh green onion, 6 cups chicken bone broth, ¼ cup all-purpose flour, 3 big T butter, 2. .. you know the secrets and skeletons in the closets of the mind. Another problem is the inability to keep it to yourself ... dang her hide.'You look a whole lot more like Harry Junior than you do your Dad.''Oh, that's just great ... now I'm the product of incest.''She gave him quite the sendoff when he went off to pilot training. She's thinking about it right now.''LALALALALALALALA'"It's nice to see you smiling, Wendy," Mom said.Wendy laughed, "It's been a long time since I had something to. “Do I need to say anything specific to anyone about how bad we sounded last night?”Not a sound from anybody.“We are professional performers ... you all get paid very well,” I said stopping to make my point. “Unless you are willing to take a cut in pay, you need to talk to yourselves about how important this really is to you. Back at Jackson and Lincoln ... there are a lot of kids wishing they were in your shoes.”“Play like you love it, sing like you are enjoying yourselves ... that’s all I ask.