"I know the lands are lit, with all the autumn blaze of Goldenrod." Helen Hunt Jackson
"Autumn, the year's last, loveliest smile." -William Cullen Bryant
I hope you are having a beautiful autumn. Things are a little crazy here on the farm with another deadline racing toward me - for edits on my third Rosey Corner book. I was too wordy and now have to cut 13,000 words. My sister had advice. Just chop out a whole chapter. That's sort of what I'm having to do, but I can't just take out a whole chunk without doing major damage to the story, so I'm trimming word by word. Sigh. I need to learn to write shorter. But I do so appreciate those of you who are ready to read my words, long and short.
Also, my mother's dementia is getting progressively worse. More of her memory is slipping away and now she rarely knows my name, but I still know hers. Those of you who have been down the same caretaker trail or are on it now know about those hard bumps along the dementia road. And each day we pray for the courage and strength to keep journeying the next mile!
But now for the good news!!