I am born and raised in this area, never felt the need to leave like others did. And why would I ? Look around and see for yourself. In the spring and...summer time the hills are covered with trees creating a patchwork blanket of all sorts of green, yellow and red. The Delaware swirls between them and used to be our biggest source of entertainment. We would fish every day catching carp, stripers, suckers, trout and bass or we would take our boats and sail to one of the little islands.The best. By senior year, Rico was a nervous wreck around girls and the big game was coming up. It was Thanksgiving week and Rico hadn't been laid since the junior prom, and by a girl that had more mileage on her than one of Elvis's Cadillacs, or so according to Elena.He needed some relief badly, and so one night he showed up in Elena's bedroom, begging for a reading. He told her he was desperate, and could she find him someone, anyone, who could relieve the pressure in his scrotum?Elena whispered for. The moron couldn't even hide a tiny $100,000 transaction. The Canadian Prime Minister had just canceled a scheduled state visit, saying, "Sorry, I'm too busy." Letterman, Leno and the like were laughing it up. Snubbed by CANADA!The inner-circle was very displeased. How on Earth was Bush going to be able to talk the rest of the world into standing on the sidelines while America brought the benefits of democracy to Iran, including efficient oil production, when even Canada didn't want to listen. Funny thing is, Claire and I both cried. Even though she was alive andwell and standing right next to me, it did feel like a death for herformer self.A couple of days later, we returned to Smallville, both dressed inmourning black, with a weighted coffin in tow. Jonathan met us at thetrain station in his black suit. We would all spend the next month inblack, and I hung mourning crepe from our front windows at home and atthe store. It was harder than any of us had realized. Claire spent a lotof.