This is my first post to this site. Feedback to tlco777@juno.com is welcome. (I'm just posting part 1 to make sure I didn't mess up the formatting too badly.) Standard Disclaimers apply. I didn't create any of these characters, although they do talk to me from time to time. Thanks to Sandra McDonald, who virtually insisted that I post this, for her patient beta reading and superb advice. Any remaining errors are strictly my own.