I amuse myself by imagining what the folks of Pickax and Mooseville would be doing, how the towns have changed. Here's some ideas : Derek Cuttlebrink is the mayor, also owner of the classiest restaurant in the county, his wife Elizabeth (who was mis identified as dead) still owns her shop in Mooseville, Fran Brodie was spotted by a HGTV scout and has her own design show on tv, Larry & Carol Lanspeak went to New York to do live theatre, their department store is being managed by one of Nick & Lori Bamba's kids, Nick & Lori took over managment of The Mackintosh Inn and eventually bought it from the K Foundation, Arch & Mildred Riker are having too much fun at the Something to even think of retiring, Mildred won a national award recognizing her ceasless volunteer work..... and Qwill rebuilt the barn,but just 2 stories high, easier to heat and cool, and Qwill got married!! (If you have anything in your mouth, swallow now!) he married Amanda Goodwinter. Only Amanda would put up with unexpected visitors at midnight, Qwill going to lunch or dinner with other women, asking strange questions, and I believe she'd believe in KoKo's psychic abilities.

Sue, your ideas for Pickax 10 years later are wonderful, especially about the two-story barn and Qwill marrying Amanda Goodwinter. I wonder if Amanda asked Polly to be her maid of honor. Wouldn't that be very Amanda-like?

The school superintendant formerly known as Sourpuss, Lyle Compton, has turned into a smiling, beaming, walks with a spring in his step man. What's to account for this amazing transformation? Parenthood. Several years into their marriage, Lyle & Lisa accepted that they would be childless so when Lisa went to Dr. Diane with nausea, abdominal bloating she was expecting a diagnosis of some dread disease. Lisa & Lyle were floored when the diagnosis was "parenthood". Lyle came home with stacks of books on pregnancy, child raising, home delivery vs hospital delivery, he made sure Lisa sat with her feet up, didn't tire herself, he bacame an expert on what a pregnant woman should eat.... in otherwords he became a bore. They now have 7 year old fraternal twins, a boy, a girl who are doted on, borderline spoiled, but overall ok.

Hixie Rice and Joe Bunker aka Weatherby Goode got married. They had a large church wedding and reception since both are so well known in the county, they honeymooned in Tahiti and within 6 months of returning to Pickax they bought the local radio station. Neither one talked much about money or finances, only Big Mac the accountant knew their financial worth, but each one being thrifty had accumulated a very nice nest egg. They made a few changes to the station, more in depth news reporting, some talk shows, classical music during the day, jazz during the evening, and best of all some old radio classics like Fibber McGee & Molly, My Gal Sunday, Mystery Theatre.

Sue B I am flabergasted, dumbfounded. You have the flair of LJB. You have such wonderful ideas, do you have time to turn them into a series of books here in the fan fiction site. I would be the first to read them. Your humor and imagination is wonderful. Keep it up. Praline. PS, thanks for your kind comment about my book: From polly's point of view

Celia Robinson O'Dell and Patrick O'Dell have retired from the catering business, Mr. O'Dell still has his home maintenence business but has hired a full time manager to run it since they neither are "spring chickens" anymore. Celia's grandson Clayton moved to Pickax as soon as he graduated high school and enjoyed a loving enriching relationship with his grandmother and step granddad. He enrolled in Moose County Community College, graduated at the top of his class, was accepted into MIT where he graduated at the top of his class in astrophysics. Now at 23 years old, he's working on deep space exploration and is engaged to a wonderful girl who also loves Celia and Pat. Celia gleefully continues to be Qwill's secret agent.