ISLAND IN THE SAND
Part XX
The trek through the whispering pines took more than an hour. Star made sure that they stopped along the way, every few yards, in order to reconnoiter and approach the building with extreme care. She couldn’t stop thinking about the pack just sitting there out front. Was it old or new? What could be in it, and why was it left in plain view. Had nobody been along who might have gone through it?
i like what i read very much
thanks Robert and I much appreciate your loyalty and care…
Semper fi,
Jim
“No more locked doors!”
Some of the best cryptography ever devised begins with a familiar pattern.
Patterns that repeat to the point of an unconscious acceptance. How many people recognize the the six pack as such a device? Two sets of three? Six to one, a half dozen to another? But always to a prime? Such may be the Case that adds to three sixes one six more to get back to 25 or to 6 to Four. The baker’s dozen! Not impossible in a world of simple reflection, to deliver us back to the ” 1 “. Yet for that there must be a neutral third. Forward or reverse, advance or decline, over or under…without or within, Charles Schulz understood. With any team of more than one…to return as winners, prime must be a coach! Charlie Brown’s dad once predicted the $ 10 haircut! It appears to be possible with no more than the numerals from 1 to 9. As long as you can get back to “One”, everythings connected. Everything’s even. There’s your 3, there’s your six, and there’s your nine. The code must take Star and her band forward as 1 or back as 1. For grown ups to connect with a kid…(even their own), they must be the alpha and the omega through the eyes of a child…funny how a child is seen as the same from the adult view! Both the beginning and the end connected to infinity by the most valuable cipher of them all….a “zero” called. Only this zero is invaluable! You’ll never beat yourself in a game …with only an “Xs and Os” You need nine spaces plus the neutral to figure out that “One is the Loneliest number and two can be as bad as one. It’s the loneliest number without another one . Everything in threes, gets you back to a hashtag 1 and a circle! That’s the way to get even, Star…simple as Tic-Tac-Toe.
I am not certain about whether you should be writing this or me. I have a feeling that if you were writing it then a person would need some advanced degree to comprehend some of the neat stuff you
put in. Thanks for making me read, wonder and smile…
Semper fi,
Jim
Jim,leaving me wanting more. I sure like the new different setting, a new world.
Thanks Mike, for wanting more and the compliment written with those words…
Semper fi,
Jim
Dag-nabbit, Lol! You left me wanting to see what is in that house, James Strauss.
I am hooked on this story and this AI popping up every where.
I love that you love it so much!!!
Semper fi, my friend,
Jim
👍 exciting.
thanks for the one word compliment, sometimes the best…
Semper fi,
Jim
Keep this up and you’ll be a famous writer no matter where your opinions take us. I’m sitting here with this stupid grin on my face, what fun you provide for all of us. Anticipation grows daily. Take a breath, ok, get busy.
thanks Walt and what am I supposed to do with that fame? I’m happier here and in Kansas and Santa Fe with your guys…
Semper fi,
Jim
PS Maybe, just maybe one more day with Raquel Welch who visited me in the hospital that time would be okay….
“I have everything written down on bits of paper because big paper (intimates) Sly,” (intimidates) Found that 2nd time through.
Thank Pete, Noted and corrected
Another key falls into place or is it a setup? A little romance on the side as well to spice things up LOL.
thanks for tagging along on the story and also for paying attention like you are…
Semper fi,
Jim