Bill W

The most famous quilt may be the 1863 Jane Stickle Quilt, which is in the Bennington Museum. It is only shown for a short time each year, from Labor Day to Indigenous Peoples Day, due the the fragility of the fabric.

A quilt may also be called a duvet in the UK.

The word quilt is derived from the Latin word culcita (meaning cushion, which then became the Old French word cuilte, and to the Old English word quyite, and then became the Middle English word quilt.

I remember seeing the AIDS memorial quilt. It was huge.

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter, Terry. Yes, Devin's mom is overprotective, but she lives in a cabin in the woods with her husband and doesn't see many people in the summer, so she clings to her son and husband. And it was good that she let Pa help with finding Jack, and it was a good thing that Mac is able to keep her calm. I think everyone had trouble with those parents, but they couldn't very well take the kids from them. They just recued Jack and gave them a little advice about parenting. Thanks for responding.

Yes, that was a great way to use their skills, drs. And eating gamey meat is something it takes time to get used to, unless prepared correctly. And thank you for that link and suggestion. I'll be sure to check it out if I edver get to Denver.

I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter, Danilo, and Devin's family is careful about money because they don't know for sure how long they'll live, but it will be a long time, and who knows what will happy to the economy in the future. Yes, venison can have a gamey taste, so if you're not used to eating it, then marinating it first helps.

You guys got ahead of me while I was working on a short story. Anyway, I'll reply to your comments. Animals are know to do all kinds of things to help humans in distress, and the story about the man and the wolves is just one of them. Mac didn't tell them the dogs were his, because he was afraid if they tried to find them in the future for helping to find their son, they'd probably want to thank the dogs again, and that might create a problem, especially if Devin and Pa were there with the at the time. I think I stated in the story that Mac said the dogs were probably abandoned, so that would mean they were once domesticated but then left to fend for themselves. And yes, it looks as if that old joke was true.

That's one way to put it. Another would be that I've got Alzheimer's.

I think Jack might have been ok with with Winnie the Pooh and Tigger rescuing him, since he was so young, but I'm sure it would have freaked out the adults.

Thanks, Al. Another good deed for Devin.

Lee, I don't think the little boy would have felt comfortable with bears doing that, but he was familiar with dogs and seemed to trust them. His parents wouldn't have been comfortable see bears bringing him back either.

I've got to admit that I got that idea from a fairly recent event were a young boy got lost and his dogs kept him warm all night long until he was found. I'm glad you enjoyed this chapter, Chris.

Yes, Lee, the boys are going to have to be very careful if they transition into birds. There are a lot of predators out there they have to be wary of.

I'm disappointed in you, Jaames. I thought you'd be posting Muskrat Rag. 😁

Ah, I didn't know that. I knew beaver fur was a big thing at one time and that's how Astor made his fortune, but I didn't realize muskrat fur was desirable as well.

Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed that part.

I would also like to thank @wildone and @astone2292, because Steve and Aaron put a great deal of time and effort into their blog entries. Good job, guys.

It's never good when rats aren't afraid of people.

Ok, I'll try to address these issues one at a time. First of all, the strength vs endurance isn't really the issue. Pa feels that by building Mac's upper body strength will help him with the endurance. Yes, the situation with the RV was careless, but there have been many document incidents like that. Fortunately, Devin and Pa were able to help save Jack once they transitioned into dogs. The issue with the firepit is that they hadn't used it in a long time, and for some reason it was taken down, possibly it was damaged somehow, so now they've rebuilt it. They only remove the metal frame between uses so they don't rust. Thanks for your interest in the story, drp.

Adrian, thank you for your comment, but I have to point out your mistake - I said several yards, not six, and 6 meters equals 6.56 yards. I always check my conversions out and put them in parentheses for those reading in countries that use the metric system. I know what you mean about the money conversion in Australia. I was in England when they changed from the pounds, shillings, et al and converted to a decimal system (base 10) and I saw the confusion it caused their for awhile. I remember one shopkeeper was having trouble with the change, so when you paid him he'd spend several seconds looking at what you gave him before giving you your change - and sometimes he'd give you too much and other times he wouldn't give you enough, but most people just let it go and didn't quarrel with him. And it's because of the time I spent in England that I don't have as much trouble with the 'u' words as most people in the US. Thanks for the comment and I'm glad you're enjoying this story.

I knew someone would post this eventually.

It's name possibly comes from an Algonquin word, muscascus, which literally means 'it is red'.

Muskrats can be found in swampsm, marshes, and wetland. You can find them from the northern areas of North American down to the Gulf coast. It is a rodent, like the rat and beaver.

@Myr 2: its fur You kind of cut this short. What about its fur?