Oct / Nov 2024
Dear family and friends. The month of October brought delightfully mild weather to Grants Pass with no fires in our vicinity, so we were very lucky this year. The trees surrounding Riviera Park where I live are mostly evergreens, with a few others here and there which are displaying their beautiful colors for us to enjoy. I hope you enjoy them too -- wherever you are. True says fall/autumn is her favorite time of year, and she was able to get in some good hiking time and be close to nature, which she thoroughly enjoys. However, she has been extra busy finishing the book she's been so involved with the past few months. Yes, the book she has put her whole heart and soul into, using every possible waking moment and long hours into the night, is almost done. She was advised to redo her original true-life experience account by adding more characters and making it more "readable" by transforming it into a historical novel with more conversations and deep feelings between the ...