Dear Friends,

   The book indeed went to Washington State, and my friend printed it off!  She doesn't like reading text on the screen, it turns out.  So she edited it and sent it back to me.  The work commenced.  The first time, I ended up with a headache because my neck was so enraged by the angle I'd put it in.

   I'm on page 142 of approximately 245 (double spaced). 

   Thank you, Dolly!  Dolly appeared in my backyard when I was maybe four?  I always thought she was so much younger than me, but it turns out she is only three months younger.  From the very start of when girls begin to learn what they like doing the most, Dolly and I wrote.  We wrote a community newspaper, in fact.  One edition.  Given to the neighbor down the street who taught school.

   So thanks to Dolly's efforts, Marta and Cecelia are being improved.  The name of the book is "The Pileated Summer."  You'll see why when it comes out.

   So Happy Easter everyone.

   And please pray for Dolly.  She is ailing.  Her blood pressure spikes and then plummets.  She's been in the ER twice for that.  Plus, she has COPD and circulatory problems in her feet.  This is the woman who headed up a home for unwed mothers for FIVE years, repaired the roof, took the girls to their appointments.  It was a Catholic home, and Dolly isn't even Catholic! 

   So now she is reading the writings of Saint Mother Teresa.  Another woman who took on a huge task, and even in the darkness of doubt, she kept at it.  Never waivered.

   Thanks, readers.  You have been wonderful.

Karen