<p>Hi Laura,</p><p>Thanks again for your help and encouragement. I’ll get Bernie to Cleveland, soon.  This one: “Meet the Smithers Family,” gets Jimmy, the kid and the girl to Cleveland…finally.  Hope you like.</p><p>I’m still thinking about the kid’s mom (fan of The Smithereens) sneaking off to Cleveland for the ceremony, while her husband is off on his annual drunk, deer hunting trip. </p><p>Regarding the girl, I felt I needed to make her old enough so that the cops aren’t looking for her. I may need to do a piece about her family relationship and getting the okay to split to LA. You may recall, I slipped her in on the Life on Oak story as a member of the Scott (circus) family. They’re use to being on the road.</p><p>I’ll be working on the Cleveland event, as well as on the San Diego guy’s life in Zenna falls. I think he’s going to be a cheesemonger, supported by the dairy cows of upstate NY. He already owns The Brick Cheese Factory in San Diego (production facility, retail shop and cafe) in San Diego.</p><p>Thanks again,</p><p>Dan</p>