tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17932536355270177382012-02-16T02:19:11.785-08:00When the Winds Blow is the title of the book I am writing. It is a family history that tells the life stories of four women who are related to one another and to me. Viewers are invited to read and comment on the stories in progress.When the Winds Blowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12353398003485108454noreply@blogger.comBlogger31100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793253635527017738.post-51428987242997335242009-09-21T10:24:00.001-07:002010-01-04T01:02:16.754-08:00I have written four stories about my ancestors, Charlotte, Adele, Nelka and Lucretia. Strictly speaking only Charlotte is an ancestor, the other three are collateral antecedents. Any way, all four women lived remarkably interesting lives. They were fortunate in that they were well educated and energetic and full of ideas. All four married men who loved them dearly and encouraged them to be themselves.<br /><br />The stories are largely finished, but I'm surprised at the number of pieces of information that keep showing up, some of them very important and most coming from my nephew Ashton who is helping me write the book.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1793253635527017738-5142898724299733524?l=whenthewindsblow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>When the Winds Blowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12353398003485108454noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793253635527017738.post-9251187213350547842009-02-21T16:19:00.000-08:002009-02-24T10:05:08.225-08:00<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_txWosGPh9B8/SaCabSz57CI/AAAAAAAAAAY/ojEAarMmL8c/s1600-h/2009_395_river_run.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 319px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_txWosGPh9B8/SaCabSz57CI/AAAAAAAAAAY/ojEAarMmL8c/s320/2009_395_river_run.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305410154739133474" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>River Run #395, Oil on Panel, 12" x 12", 2009<div><br /></div><div>My daughter <a href="http://www.louiselebourgeois.com/">Louise LeBourgeois</a> is an artist.  Her painting (River Run) suggests the natural forces that impelled the lives of each woman in the book I am writing.  Louise is the great-great-great-great-grandaughter of Charlotte Blow, the first of the four women.  </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1793253635527017738-925118721335054784?l=whenthewindsblow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>When the Winds Blowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12353398003485108454noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1793253635527017738.post-57295557232833013692009-02-21T15:55:00.000-08:002009-02-21T15:57:42.719-08:00<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1793253635527017738-5729555723283301369?l=whenthewindsblow.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>When the Winds Blowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12353398003485108454noreply@blogger.com0