if there is any original notion here , it is this : why do we ignore this awful truth ? with a newly developed sense of humor about himself . yet he liked it well enough . he 'd just been dumped by the man he loved , robbed of all his savings , and left naked in the middle of nowhere . when he got to the top of the mountain , moses took the rock , and placed it on a large boulder . safe because it was remote , the lake house was also familiar territory , too . 