Life is intruding on my plans!

     I'm back witih a short message. I have written chapter two of Ivy and Esther. I am interested in what is going on. Anybody besides me have to write the story to know what is going to happen?  Presidnet Lincoln has called for Union soldiers and they are passing through Wilkesville  on their was to the war.  Esther is going to sneak out and go see the troop trains. This is  going to cause all sorts of problems for both Esther and Ivy. I can hardly wait to see how it turns out.

I just read The Widow of the South which was excellent. I have recommended it to my book club ( the one at the library) and  maybe they will decide to read it. I want to recommend it to anybody who is reading this blog, too. It is a war story and a love story and human story and it is very well written.

It's hard to believe July is half over. I am starting to harvest from my garden. Still only one red tomato but they are going to come oon with a vengence in a few days.

My husband is doing okay. He ate a bit better today and didn't sleep all day long.  These are good signs.

I'll get back to you.

I'M BAAAACK!

This is the quilt I made for my grand daughter's new big-girl bed.  I got another picture up on here but I had a lot trial and error involved. Yikes! I have to improve at this.

Life sure is interesting. We have to get up in the morning to see what is going to happen that day.  I have started actually writing a new book. I'm calling it Ivy and Esther in my head, not sure what the title will turn up being. It centers on two young girls during the years of the Civil War.  These young girls are based on what I know about my children's great great-grandmothers. One was the daughter of an Indian squaw and a white man. The other was the daughter of a town doctor. I have the barest of information about these women and so will have to make  most of it up.

I have done a lot of research on the civil war era but there is so much to know. I am concerned about making some horrible mistake that will make me look like a dummy but I will forge on. The story takes place in southern Ohio before and during the time of Morgan's Raid through the southern Ohio area. I am very interested in these two girls and what they get up to. The doctor's daughter has diabetes and the squaw's daughter becomes her companion.  The relationship between the girls in intersting to me and or course what was going on with the war as a backdrop.

I have one chapter written and am encouraged.

In the meantime my husband is not feeling so well. He fell off the toilet and cracked his head on the cupboard on Friday. I know, it's almost funny, but it scraped the skin off his forehead and since he is taking blood thinners we had to get his brain checked out. It was a long morning in the emergency eventhough when we arrived there was not a single person in the waiting room. Not one. I couldn't believe it. Ended up he was a bit dehydrated and was given IV fluids.

So that's what I'm doing for fun this day. I'm not going to explain about my failure to stick to my proomise to write every week. I'm just going to try doing better.