What's really roaring around the world seems to be economic discontent. The fallout? Maybe gasoline prices around $5 a gallon. Maybe higher. Whatever, we need to be prepared.
For my husband Mike and I that has led to our decision to purchase a Prius.(Also leading to the decision is that my beloved Ford Taurus stationwagon sprung a couple of leaks after eleven years of hard driving.)
We are thrilled at the prospect of getting 48-51 mpg (highway, in town) and even though the push button technology is hard to get used to at first, and the digital dashboard is likewise a challenge, it only took us a couple of days and watching their beginner's video a couple of times to make the switch.
I still love Fords. I'll always wish my purchase could have been of an American made car. But the need was immediate. Maybe down the road we'll be able to return to our favorite car company.
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
Welcome to my blog on quilting and mysteries
I recently wrote about one of my grandfathers. I hope to add a piece to these posts about our family history each month. But the exciting news for me this winter is that book two of the Quilted Mystery series is almost ready to publish. Unraveling Ada is of course already in print at www.amazon.com for pb and e book through Kindle, and www.smashwords. com. But soon there will be a second book, Ripping Abigail.
My series has two underlying threads (well, there are more, but for this post I'll just concentrate on the two largest) the decades in a female life and the comparative times in American history. The first book references decade one in a girl's life and the Colonies of America. The mysteries in book one are lifted from these two threads, early childhood traumas on the one hand, and the trials of settling and surviving in very early America.
Similarly, book two aims at the mysteries encountered by a growing girl in her rebellious teens and the corresponding period of rebellion in Colonial America.
Visit facebook for more of my writing, under Barbara Sullivan, and twitter for snippets I frankly find frustrating, under QuiltedMystery.
My series has two underlying threads (well, there are more, but for this post I'll just concentrate on the two largest) the decades in a female life and the comparative times in American history. The first book references decade one in a girl's life and the Colonies of America. The mysteries in book one are lifted from these two threads, early childhood traumas on the one hand, and the trials of settling and surviving in very early America.
Similarly, book two aims at the mysteries encountered by a growing girl in her rebellious teens and the corresponding period of rebellion in Colonial America.
Visit facebook for more of my writing, under Barbara Sullivan, and twitter for snippets I frankly find frustrating, under QuiltedMystery.
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