There is (was?) an artist named Frederick S. Fudala, somewhere in upstate New York, who (a long time ago) was on deviantart and created this drawing which I “embedded” into “‘Tami Smithers Was Here’” on the writingsofleviticus site. It’s called “Druuna’s Ascent”, a tribute to the graphic novel character created by Paolo Serpieri. As I recall Mr. Fudala’s original comment was: “I picture Druuna, having been stripped by a gang of thugs, escaping by scaling this cliff, only to find herself thrust into yet another peril which she will have to deal with while naked.” It fits in with Tami’s plight in general, and in particular her scaling the cliff to get away from teenage toughs at the end of Part 29 of “‘Tami Smithers Was Here’”. Fred, I’ve been trying to find you for years, please contact me!
June 19
As she vacuums the living room carpet, pumps on both breasts, she feels flushed and dizzy. She stops and lays back on the stuffed chair. She turns off the pumps and takes deep breaths. She is well aware of what almost just happened and thinks that maybe pumping both breasts, with the carpet fondling her feet, is not a good idea. She closes her eyes and says a short prayer.