Today was Tuesday on the normal calender, but for me it was a Friday before a 4 day weekend. I work for an organization that has a 10 hour day, 4 day work week. Put a Comp day or Holiday with it and you have 4 days off. I feel very lucky to work a schedule like this, it gives me time to work on writing as well as do the research that it takes to write a book.
I never realized what it takes to research a book. My first book, Missouri Beginnings, started several years ago with a trip to New England with my wife Judy to see an 1863 vintage Civil War Quilt. My wife's version of that quilt is above. It was first put together by a lady named Jane and contains over 5600 individual pieces of cloth. It took Judy more than 5 years to finish it and we traveled a lot of miles researching with her making quilt blocks and sewing them together. This quilt means a lot to me, so much that the only picture I carry of my wife, in my wallet, has this quilt in it!
That trip enabled me to research the area where the Holders lived in Pennsylvania coal country. My book will be available soon, I'm taking orders for the first 100 copies, which will be signed by me! Email me to get on the list.
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