Bob and Rose stopped for a few days here on their way to the Southern Florida beaches for vacation. They enjoyed our quiet spot with cow pasture in the back. Rose made a friend near the pool. We could not give Rose or Bob a close encounter with manatee because the water was too warm and most manatee, if not all, were back in Gulf waters where even the nights were warm enough for their comfort. To add to our inabilities, just before they visited the pool heater broke, so the water was in the middle seventies and rather chilly feeling. Still, we had a great time. Bob went to my grammar school and high school, and was in a church that cooperated with mine, so we had plenty of stories and friends in common. Rose lost her husband Gary. Bob and Gary had always been great friends. Gary and I had also. So, we shared some Gary stories, and with the three of us all in the same space, we felt close to Gary and close to our pasts and those who peopled them. We ...
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