You are welcome, Deb! Answering comments is my new call light. Gone are the days fetching water pitchers, passing pills, emptying bed pans and fluffing patient's pillows. Now come the time to reflect, look back. use what I learned to write a new beginning, to take people where they have never been before. To inform, to excite, to inspire others is the aspiration I challenge myself. Will I succeed? I don't know. All I can do is try. As it has been said, nothing ventured nothing gained.
I will and do encourage others to take up writing. To put on paper (computer these days) their thoughts and feelings. To expose what they know and more importantly what they don't know. To make oneself uncomfortable and vulnerable dealing with harsh critics is the fastest was to grow. Having a thick skin helps and that I learned on a daily level. over a 30+ year career.
Take care and give your dad a big hug. We ain't going to be around forever, but what we write just might be.
Hi Deb! Although I don't have any specific book recommendation, I would like to share a source of original content that I found fascinating. True accounts of American Indian Captives. In particular page 192 starts with the accounts of Colonel James Smith a captive who lived among the Indian tribes that camped and hunted in this part of northern Ohio. I am certain he will be riveted in the stunning detail of the lives of these captives as I was. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081748463&view=1up&seq=13
Awesome! Thank you Henry! I will definitely check this out. Thanks for taking the time to respond. I appreciate it!
You are welcome, Deb! Answering comments is my new call light. Gone are the days fetching water pitchers, passing pills, emptying bed pans and fluffing patient's pillows. Now come the time to reflect, look back. use what I learned to write a new beginning, to take people where they have never been before. To inform, to excite, to inspire others is the aspiration I challenge myself. Will I succeed? I don't know. All I can do is try. As it has been said, nothing ventured nothing gained.
I will and do encourage others to take up writing. To put on paper (computer these days) their thoughts and feelings. To expose what they know and more importantly what they don't know. To make oneself uncomfortable and vulnerable dealing with harsh critics is the fastest was to grow. Having a thick skin helps and that I learned on a daily level. over a 30+ year career.
Take care and give your dad a big hug. We ain't going to be around forever, but what we write just might be.
Let me know if you have any recommendations for books about Native American history. My father is very interested and asked for a book for Christmas.
Hi Deb! Although I don't have any specific book recommendation, I would like to share a source of original content that I found fascinating. True accounts of American Indian Captives. In particular page 192 starts with the accounts of Colonel James Smith a captive who lived among the Indian tribes that camped and hunted in this part of northern Ohio. I am certain he will be riveted in the stunning detail of the lives of these captives as I was. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433081748463&view=1up&seq=13