On the flip side, I believe all painful or sad things have a lesson." Amen to that brother. Some of the most memorable lessons I have ever learned ame punctuated with a good whoopin'. The granite moraine that created P-Town and cape Cod is awash with the smiles of summer ;here upon the rock entering the "ol toon" Imet a different sort of pilgrim ;the young man was barefoot with a pixie haircut wearing nothing but a petty coat and a chemise ( a little strappy thing) my sister said not to stare so instead I focused on the copper bangers putting on a roof to a coopola in the towns center who through no fault of thier own were giving the tourists "the plumbers view" as they tarried in their craft . Below on the quay of the pedestrian cobblestone I was greeted by two grannys in pearls and oversized floral bags wearing too much rouge and hitching up their panty hose with leg hair sticking through ; they were handing out notices for tonights ball. It reads " "Ladys in love costume ball , a Fetish and Flesh celebration " I am sizing the old ladies up wondering if they could work a mud pan when my sister drags me off to look a t Caoe Cod tee shirts which is just down from the window with the leather thongs and an odd assortment of striking instruments which I was infromed you had to bring to get into the ball ....my sister (a no nonsence mom ) wasn't haven't any of it ....Py ________________________________________________________________________ AOL now offers free email to everyone. Find out more about what's free from AOL at AOL.com. -- To terminate puerile preservation prattling among pals and the uncoffee-ed, or to change your settings, go to: <http://listserv.icors.org/archives/bullamanka-pinheads.html>