[parsifal]

Maybe. But I got to thinking today about the end of the book. How did Marian keep Joe "down on the farm." She took him over to a "pole" that Shane had planted. She told Joe to try to wiggle the pole, but he couldn't. In other words, Joe could not uproot Shanes' very rigid pole planted in the fertile soil.

Strangely, this made Joe feel better. Now if you wuz a psychologist and somebody came to you and told this was a dream that they had been having, what would you say? parsy the diagnostic.

[JulieRNR21]

She told Joe to try to wiggle the pole, but he couldn't. In other words, Joe could not uproot Shanes' very rigid pole planted in the fertile soil.

Parsy.....you are way too rigid in your thinking...