They always kissed goodbye on the cheek and nothing more. She’d slept in his bed with him a few times when she’d been too tired or drunk to drive ...home and again, there was nothing more. She’d slept next to him like a puppy. It was easy spending time with her now, she’d become a very good friend often helped Nathan when he needed it. She’d brought him soup when he was sick and even went over to his apartment after he went to work when he thought he left the door unlocked. The more time they. ” Then I put my arm under her neck, drew her to me, held her close and softly kissed her. I felt her arms go around me and then she was holding me close and kissing me back.I knew that I’d been extremely lucky, tonight. In the pitch darkness, I’d literally bumped into a very different kind of woman from any I’d ever known and now my emotions were in turmoil. I didn’t know who she was but I knew that I wanted her.I felt a shiver go through her when I let my hand trace its way down her back to. ”“We only have a minute, but what about people who make all their money investing?”“Rather than a different capital gains tax, I’d impose a transaction tax. That encourages people to buy and hold stocks, rather than day trade, which I think is going to lead to a huge bubble in the stock market. It won’t be 1929, but it’s going to be ugly, especially in tech stocks.”Just as I said that, others began arriving for the Rap Session.“And remember,” I continued, “that’s not how I’d actually set things. To the west was a riding and boarding stable with horses wandering the pastures. The Kubota had just about every attachment available and proved to be invaluable in caring for the place. There was even a log splitter powered by the Power Take Off (PTO) on the tractor. There was a pile of dead trees back behind the barn left over from when the lodge had been a going concern. Much of the wood was rotten and useless for firewood, but the chipper attachment turned it into good mulch. Ken enjoyed.