Dead Seed
“The radio informed us at breakfast that rationing had been decreed by the county water district, starting Monday. No lawn or garden watering, except in agricultural areas, would be permitted between eight o’clock in the morning and four in the afternoon.
A lack of available water was what kept our town’s growth limited. It was an ill wind that blew somebody good, to mix the metaphor and the elements. If we could get more water, all the eager-beaver real estate dealers and developers in town wou...ld convert our sanctuary into another San Fernando Valley.
I was on my second cup of coffee when Corey phoned. He had a new assignment from Mrs. Lacrosse, he told me. She wanted him to join The New Awareness and work from the inside to get her son out.
“Don’t be foolish,” I said. “They’ll put you into their incubator and you’ll wind up with daisies in your hair.”
“I have a different angle. I went to high school with a girl who works up there. She thinks she can get me a job. She’s the secretary to the boss and there’s nothing kooky about her.MoreLess
A lack of available water was what kept our town’s growth limited. It was an ill wind that blew somebody good, to mix the metaphor and the elements. If we could get more water, all the eager-beaver real estate dealers and developers in town wou...ld convert our sanctuary into another San Fernando Valley.
I was on my second cup of coffee when Corey phoned. He had a new assignment from Mrs. Lacrosse, he told me. She wanted him to join The New Awareness and work from the inside to get her son out.
“Don’t be foolish,” I said. “They’ll put you into their incubator and you’ll wind up with daisies in your hair.”
“I have a different angle. I went to high school with a girl who works up there. She thinks she can get me a job. She’s the secretary to the boss and there’s nothing kooky about her.MoreLess
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