It’s great to have friends who are veracious readers.  I was chatting with one of them the other day about non-fiction books set in Africa.  I was reminded of West with the Night by Beryl Markham.  She was the first pilot to fly across the Atlantic solo from  east to  west, from England to Nova Scotia (Lindberg flew from west to east).  She lived in East Africa most of her life, raising horses and flying her small plane to deliver mail to remote communities.  What an adventurous, fascinating life!  Her story has stayed with me years after reading it.

I am building a wooden sundial using a kit.  It is research for one I want to construct in the flower garden–as soon as the snow is gone.  The glue is drying on the components that will eventually come together to form the finished piece, so I thought I’d get back to my web site.  I’ve neglected it while I was working on my YA novel Saffrian Blade.  Now that it’s complete and I’m happy with it, I plan to post another short story here.  I hope to have that done soon.