Barbara my dear, Your talent has surpassed what I already knew you possessed. I think your dialect reminded me of my grandparents both from the south, one from Kentucky and one from Virginia. I have lived in the south and you write very like what I recall hearing among the locals. Any Friday night one could stand on a sidewalk in the town I lived in and hear the same 'voice' being spoken.. You need to think about publishing your creativity. It would be very appreciated by all who still read the printed word and I suspect that many would see it parallels a lot of earlier writers of humor. Love, *seattle* Audrey friend of pwp Aussie John 40/42/38?