Thanks, Matt!  I think Jimmy's present will rank among my top 5 of all time.  It's fab!  I made up a special page for gifts and dedication stories on my UFO Stories site.  When you finish your Col. Felt story, I'd love to link to where it's at on your website from that page.  What do you say? 

I've missed reading your stories and hope life settles down a bit for you so you can get back to them.  (See how it's all really about me?  )

Seriously, though, it's tough when you're too busy to do what you want.  Moving did that to me -- and I'm soooo happy to be done with that for a while!

All of my kids write.  Some just do it better than others.  None of my kids were ever big on UFO.  Star Trek was their thing, and I didn't get UFO episodes until after they were older and not home enough to see me watching them.  But they know most of the plots and James helped me transfer my Sheila stories onto cassette to read while driving, so he got to know the characters fairly well that way.  He loves Dr. J!  He thinks he's deliciously sinister (which he is!) and seems to understand his wheels within wheels even better than his mother.  But that may be simply because he's more devious than I am and can relate!

Please give him some feedback at the forum.  If he gets enough positive input, maybe he could be persuaded to write another UFO story someday!  (Hope springs eternal!)