Good to see you back, Ken, & yeah Like, like. Nothing is Like. Why I tend to avoid the simile, but also why nostalgia is such a trap. You got all those 'homes' in your sights in this one... Doug Douglas Barbour Department of English University of Alberta Edmonton Alberta T6G 2E5 Canada (780) 436 3320 http://www.ualberta.ca/~dbarbour/dbhome.htm Hand and mind and heart one ground to walk on, field to plough. Robert Creeley