"Ugh! A lawyer? I know your smart baby, but a lawyer?" my mom answered as she walked in. I sighed. I knew how she felt about lawyers. Why even ask? "O... mom. Then what should I do?" "We could travel for a year before you go away! Enroll in community college, get your gen eds and go to another college later." I thought and the more I thought, the more appealing the idea sounded. I started to nod and my mom cut me off and grabbed my cheeks, kissing both, but also giving me a good look down her. A foxtailbrush (literally) gets the dust off everything above floor level. Ifeel bad for the fox. It must have been caught looting the hen house orsome other mischief, but its tail is very effective. The broom seems tobe a bunch of herbs tied to a crooked branch but is very efficient.Maybe this is just different, and I notice somewhat quicker. All themodern conveniences may not be all they are cracked up to be.A wood-fired stove, well, it's not much different than a pizza oven. Ihope I'm doing. He looked into her eyes to see the tears welling there.“Do you love me, Kitten?” he asked again softly.She nodded and said tenderly, “With all my heart, Ty.”The truth of her words slammed into his heart. He closed his eyes and took in several deep breaths. She laid quietly half under him. Waiting to see how he would respond. She wasn’t sure if she could handle him rejecting her, now she had told him, but she couldn’t lie and didn’t want to lie to him. As far as she was concerned, it was a. ’ I pulled out of the private way. The five workmen were opening their second beer, watching us drive away, to the north. I heard her say something into the instrument, then pause, a blank stare on her face. She turned to me. ‘Did you tell him my name?’ What could I say? I had been caught eavesdropping. ‘My name’s Paul and that’s Mike,’ I said, hoping the introductions would soothe things. She didn’t hear me, her ear was pressed to the receiver and there was a slight grin on her face. ‘He.