(I won't indicate 'short' in parentheses anymore. The purpose of doing so was to communicate that these weren't my typical long-winded stories. I'd guess most who've been reading these know by now that a person's name in the title is one of my shorts.)   Rick's Story   Ms. Russo has lived next to us my whole life, very sweet lady. Mr. Russo died about twelve years ago and she never remarried. She has a really nice flower garden in her yard, especially the cluster of daffodils