Cloverdale, Indiana. Three big black labs outside the office door when I registered. Tall trees. The satellite dish worked fine. The wifi didn't. It was warm outside. Cool breeze came in the bedroom window as we watched a new Law and Order. How lovely.The tv image kept breaking up as the wind blew stronger.

Then the thunder and the pounding rain. Lightning. And all the windows were pulled shut. The end of our spring.

In the morning, the temperature was in the thirties. We were ready to go, even so. Andre started pulling out of our space, but we didn't get far. We were sinking into the mud. Yes, the universal mud, no matter how welcome the warmth might have been. After more resistance and struggle to unhitch the car so we could back out, there was success due to Andre's skill and ingenuity; we were free to go. And ah hepped! (But hardly).