In a message dated 98-03-01 14:02:25 EST, you write: << And when Buddy writes about Composing Hours, they are not just the hours that he happens to be writing, but they represent all Hours during which he must Write. I'm sure there are more possible interpretations of the habit - this is just one of many. - Rebecca >> Swift and Blake use capital letters with a similar effect, and after reading Pynchon's Mason and Dixon I found myself doing that too :) Jim