Hey. hi. everybody how are you all doing among yourselves, huh? everyone kool? well I would hope that y'all, or you's are, or is however said be that ...of the person of I myself speaking some, or such correct, proper, standard English grammar being of the American dialect, or not, or be I myself speaking that being of 'the-king's-english', or a form, or fashion of eubonics as in street-slang, be at least feeling okay if not better yet to be possibly said alright, or best of all to be said feeling. "So Arlene was badly hurt? You sure she'll be okay? Jeff, damnit, I want to come back — be there with you in case you need me." Fred, I appreciate that. It humbles me to hear you say it, but there is more firepower here at the moment than even you could imagine. We are absolutely safe, and Arlene will be fine very shortly. That's all I can say over the phone." Ah, shit, Jeff. If you say so, I guess we'll go on with our trip. Hell, we're having a ball, actually." Tell your ladies hello from all. She knew that in the future that would extend to soft drinks, candies, and fast foods. The things she ate as a child would become prohibitively expensive and a distant memory. She knew that meals in the future would be limited to vegetables and chicken. Grains, cheeses, and ice cream would become luxury foods.The sad thing was that all of these new laws were constitutional. She couldn’t complain that her freedoms were being stripped away because if she was wealthy she would have been able to. We explored a bit and decided no one had lived there for many years. There was no smell at what had been the privy and the gardens showed nothing but weeds and wildflowers.I made a small fire in the stump of the chimney, saw to the horse as best I could, and we sat on the hearth crosslegged and ate what food we had left."Now what?" she asked as the sun set early in a bank of dark clouds and the cool air rustled through the ruins, ruffling her the fine hair at her forehead. She sat with her legs.