"Second, you are going to stay in shape. That means eating right and exercising. I want all of you to do at least 30 minutes of aerobics a day. You wi...l wear only the smallest and tightest leotards and will exercise in the living room. If anyone or I watch you will not protest, in fact it will excite you. You will act as if you don't realize they are even there. And while we are talking about exercising, that brings me to rule number three. I want each of you to become proficient in dance,. .." Abby smiles at the joke and takesoff, and I follow along as the caboose. I'm very much used to familymembers and friends saying that I look just like my mother, except formy Maxwell nose, but I didn't realize that I was copying mother'sreactions so much that it was bothering my sisters. (I don't think foran instant mother is copying me.) Francisca has a few of mother'sfeatures, but her fiery red hair and freckles clearly came from thesperm donor. The Matriarchy has thousands of strains. WNW.Without compasses, chronometers, sextants, and star tables, all they could go by was dead reckoning and pilotage. The Pirate Isles were WNW of the southwest corner of Hunter Island, almost dead into the wind. They’d be rowing for a long time.We would have to tack back and forth. We would head southwest, as close to the wind as we could, for half of the day. Then, we would tack back to the northwest until we closed on the island. Hopefully, no one rowing due west with the island just on the. We'll just park the wagon in one of my barns and run your mules with the rest of my stock if it suits you. When you need 'em just let me know and I'll get the wagon hitched and brought into town for you." That will work fine if you're sure it's all right." Of course it is. I hope I can wear it out by needing stuff hauled in. Right now I'd better get back out to the place and see if anyone has a list that needs ordering."I didn't think there was really anything I needed to tend to, but sitting.