.. gas ... up ... down ... gas ... Headwinds, tailwinds, crosswinds, grass strips, farmers fields ... landing on pavement ... flew out to Lake Michiga...n and landed on the beach. Anything someone else had done with a Cub, we learned. Even the pole, swivel and rope takeoff. That was fun.Using a cut-off telephone pole with a ball bearing swivel on top, we had a rope the pilot held on to and taxied around the pole until the speed was fast enough to get the wheels off the ground ... let go the rope. And so I peeked over the fence, but got to see a lot more than just Maria’s smile….Lounging next to the pool next door was Maria, soaking up the rays of the Miami sun…topless, and near naked except a tiny black thong. The sun glinted off her sunglasses as she lay, her golden-brown skin glistening with oil in the sunshine. Her thick honey-coloured hair descended in loose curls to her breasts, rounded mounds with the golden brown of her skin contrasting against the dark blackish-brown of her. This is where, may I remind you of our hippy parents, the story gets strange. My parents were big into recycling long before it was in vogue, so after my sister or I had bathed, the other would get in the same water to save on the water bill. I realized that my sister was sitting in water that had my sperm in it. I thought she might get pregnant that way, so I tried to take a bath after her, but she liked the water cool whereas I liked warmer water, so it only made sense for me to go in. . she was turning into one of them.“Be nice to your sister, Burt. It’ll pay off when you start dating,” Dad had said.He wasn’t ... and although admitting it pissed him off ... Dad was right.That Fall, Albert Jamison started college ... at Big Rapids ... Ferris State.That was three years ago. Every summer vacation Albert went somewhere besides home. Two summers he worked the boats. Last year he worked construction. If he went home, to Cadillac, Jannie made his life miserable.Ludington ... Hamlin.