y'all'd have the same problem writing the story.

Nice use of the Suthrin present conditional, Jo

CapK, thank you for that lovely bit of reporting. Has anyone besides wow and myself read Lilian J. Braun's cat mysteries? The local radio station in the tiny northern town of Pickax is unsurpassed in this type of reporting, to wit:

"The mayor of Pickax has assured local merchants that the downtown business district will have a new municipal parking lot before the snow flies. In a speech before the Chamber of Commerce, Mayor Blythe said downtown would definitely have a new parking lot before snow flies."