Thread drift.

No real time-line yet, Ebbie.   In the first draft, I've got about 100,000 words written so far, and I'm up to the early Sixties, with some stuff about more recent events. I'm also getting some pictures together. I'm probably going to have to do some cutting somewhere, but I want to finish the first draft before I get hung up on editing and rewriting.

As far as a title is concerned, it isn't finalized yet. I figure that since a lot of it is from my own (fortunately) fairly tenacious memory and gleanings from the memories of others who were there, such as Bob Nelson (Deckman), I figure it'll be pretty close to what was actually going on. I was thinking of "Close Enough for Folk Music."

Art Thieme has a CD out with a title that I really covet, but of course, it's already taken:   "The Older I Get, The Better I Was." God, that's so perfect!!

You really might might like to check out some of Jana Harris's writings. Our most recent presentations have been from Jana's The Dust of Everyday Life, an epic poem (Sasquatch Books, 1-800-775-0817, Seattle, 1997). I just looked up some information on her, and she's been a whole lot busier than I thought. She's published seven books of poetry, including Oh How Can I Keep on Singing? Voices of Pioneer Women. And I also just learned that she's written two novels, the second coming out shortly from St. Martin's Press. I did know that she teaches creative writing at the University of Washington.

Don Firth