Our Tangled Web is an ongoing, online chronicle of three families, each involved in its own way in the tapestry of life in today's world of political uncertainty and turmoil. Their day-to-day lives provide an objective view of the effects of real-life current events that affect us all.
Fifty years ago, "experts" were predicting that our biggest problem, by the year 2000, would be what to do with the abundance of spare time, resulting from so many labor-saving devices. Oh yeah? If only the experts had been right for a change.
We look backon those days, half a century ago, as relatively trouble-free, compared to the mess the world is in today. We all know we are caught in a tangled web. We can't even discern the strands that entangle us. We may live in an information age, but we live with constant information and disinformation overload. Keeping current can be time-consuming, as well as depressing. We know or suspect that the news is slanted, at best. Our Tangled Web is a real-time story set in the real world of NOW. Actual events and topics affecting the story may have links that provide the reader with ready references to more detailed information. If enough people learn enough about what is going on around them, we may untangle our tangled web.
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Our Tangled Web: Episode 6
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Bock Cay in the Bahamas
Aboard the Silver Sovereign
"Don't worry," said Stanley Worthington, as he peered out a window of the Silver Sovereign. "My men are up to anything they are going to find. They are handpicked to be just that." He couldn't see much of the dock, but he could see the beach at the end of the dock and the beginning of the path from the dock to the house.
"Do you see anything?" asked Alex Reynolds, who was sitting on a sofa, in the center of the room.
"No people," said Stanley. "I haven't heard any shots. That is probably a good sign. We should have given them the keys to the house. From up there, you have a better view of most of the island."
"That's true," said Benjamin. "I never thought of it.
"Here comes somebody down the path toward the dock," said Stanley. "It's our crew. Good God. They are unarmed, and there are five guys behind them with guns. This does not look good."
Sovereign. "My men are up to anything they are going to find. They are handpicked to be just that." He couldn't see much of the dock, but he could see the beach at the end of the dock and the beginning of the path from the dock to the house.
