"Congress passes law permanently abolishing war and space travel" Laurie read in her newspaper one morning. The news simultaneously excited her and bo...ed her. She stared out the window dreaming of her youth, when the days had passed unhurriedly and carefree, with no newspaper to read, no television to distract her from her sense of innocent wonder at all the beautiful things around her.(Bill)Little did she know, but she had less than 10 seconds to live. Thousands of miles above the city, the. Fortunately there was a park nearby, the Maximiliananlage, so I took a stroll through its gardens, down to the banks of the river Isar. It was a lovely, peaceful place, just what I needed after a long flight and as I strolled I drank in the atmosphere. Young couples walking hand in hand, stealing the occasional kiss, mothers walking their babies and grandparents, obviously looking after the grandkids while their parents worked. That and the warm sunshine, in contrast to the heat of California,. We have agreed to be friends and I am trying my hardest not to break this verbal agreement but I cannot help wanting to push the boundaries either. For my own sick, self-satisfaction, I want to tell him how I still feel and to hear him say that he still loves me, too. Yet another selfish thing that shows how horrible I can actually be. But, Dear Diary, I promised you cheerful didn't I? Well, you'll be glad to know that a silver lining has shone through the clouds in an unexpected, delicate form. If the area will sustain me, I would be a fool to advertise myself. If the area will sustain me, he repeated mentally. I need to explore some more. I got a couple of glimpses through the trees of an open valley. That's one of the things the books say I should look for, because that's where I will generally find the type of animals I'll need – grass eaters. I probably lucked up finding that antelope or whatever it was, in the woods – game trail or no game trail.With everything he did, his.