Wow! That's quite a collection of comments to respond to!
Hazel, Non, Tank, Maria, Paul, Tricia, RetroRose, Irene, Xanabee, LabRat, Liz, Merry and KathyM... You're all wonderful!
I'm so glad that people liked Asabi and Nigel.
Tank: Yes, Elyse -- CJ's ex -- was Lois's cousin. And, yes, they will talk about her at some point. There are some whams in this story, too, but you'll have to wait a little longer for them.
Maria: I like the way you think! But I can tell you know that, while some of your guesses are... close... there are plenty of surprises still to come.
Paul: No, Mark Bromley isn't a real person. I jsut made the name up.
Oh, and I loved the Boston anecdote.
Re gird patterns: I lived in Toronto for a while. It took me an afternoon to learn to navigate in that city. I moved to Birmingham not long after I came back to England, and it took me at least a month to figure out which streets in the centre connected to which!
Is anyone alive with the same life as in the other world? Well, Perry's there, isn't he?
Liz, welcome on board!
Kathy, apparently, no, CJ didn't know about the AtoZ. Poor man!
Chris
