Late Friday afternoon, I received a call from Dr. Francis Amos, as I periodically do, about a story he thinks would make a good one for me to do.

"What do you think about chasing the white dog?" he asked.

Hearing what he said but not understanding it, I asked him again what he said. Again I got the same question.

"What white dog?" I asked.

"The book 'Chasing the White Dog,'" he replied.

"Doc, I don't have a clue what you're taking about."

"What do you mean? You're in it just about all the way through it," he told me.

I still was drawing a blank. I had no idea to what he mean. Then he went into an explanation --the moonshine book.

I came home from school one day to find my mother sitting in her favorite chair, crying out loud. Well, she was actually bawling, and I mean to the point she could barely talk.

Finally, she said she was upset because Danny Fargo had kidnapped Missy.

No, it was not a drama in our family. In fact, we didn't even know the people.

You see, Bill and Missy were star-crossed lovers who had to endure many hardships, including the kidnapping of Missy by Danny Fargo, before they finally found happiness.

Some of you may actually recognize those names and story line. It's from the soap opera, "Another World," which I don't think is on TV anymore.

My mother was, I suppose, addicted to soap operas, and obviously took them very seriously.

I would even catch a few shows occasionally. With soap operas, story lines develop so slowly that you don't have to watch many shows to keep up.