Fio doesn't know about what's going on with other cities' newspapers, but the front page of The Austin American Statesman is edging toward tabloid reporting. Long-winded features rule the day. THE WHOLE STORY IS ABOUT TO COME OUT was the front-page headline in a recent paper, with DID MEDICS DO ENOUGH TO SAVE A DYING MAN" as its sister scoop. Whatever happened to who, what, why, when, and where?
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A TV special covered an all-girls high-school shop class in a high school the other night, and Fiorella couldn't help but remember how interested she had been in taking shop when she was in high school. She was rightfully discouraged by her mother, of course, because girls did not take shop back then. Besides, Fio also wanted to take every other class Waco High had to offer.
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Come to think of it, Fio has "shop" in her blood. The easel her maternal grandfather made for her is still in the garage, and she's pretty sure her brother has the wagon, table, and chairs. Gramp could build anything.
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To cut down on electricity, Fiorella gathers fallen limbs to build indoor fires. Then she harvests the ashes to enrich the yard. It's a reciprocal.
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Fio wonders--if she could live her life over, would she be a better person next time around?
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