Well back again, I have had a hard time writing anything these last few weeks and while casting about for time wasting things to do (not hard for me) I went out and bought some mag.s and some used books. After pretending to look for a measurement term (what is a half are when building a ship, just the term itself brings endless ideas and turns out to mean 18") where I ended up in Japan and thats a story in it self, I had to turn off the computer and read something. So I came across a story about the Serpent mound here in the mid-west, funny thing its really a type of sea serpent or dragon and as been damaged in the last few years by a well meaning attempt to stabilize the site by dumping soil on it erasing its flippers. So I'm now trying to chase down images (maps drawing,etc) of it in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. So I have gone from hiding for one set of research problems, into a whole new set. Looking dirt sea serpents in the mid-west their myths and meanings more soon.