Dear Cousins, I've been in the process of moving the first of my things into my new digs in Eastern Oregon. We celebrated my mother's 90th birthday. Mom and another friend who also will turn 90 this Sunday are both members of a Bookclub and we combined the meeting with their celebration of years. It is surprisingly comforting to have been a part of this, and to have been welcomed by so many old friends. The day after the Bookclub meeting was the weekly Community Senior Meal and I got to see many old friends. It is nice to think of being a part of my mother's days and routine. I brought my cats, Tom and Bill on this trip and they too have made a good transition, settling in immediately, and I realized that some of it was because I had brought a bed, bedding, and even an old robe which smelled "right" to them, even in the new surroundings. So intuition often leads us toward what we didn't plan out, but which was needed. I have a bunch more trips to make before the end of the month, when I have to be completely out. Attacks on one another are not acceptable. It's like cannibalism. So knock it off. Next time I write I hope to have my computers and my files moved (I'm using a friend's computer for this) and be able to move forward with the things I want to post about the system of Frontier Forts initiated by George Washington's frontier trip with Christopher Gist into the Ohio Country. Isabel, I hope to have some responses for you then, too! Love, Your Cousin, Carolyn cmacdee@excite.com OR carlsdauter@netscape.net ______________________________________________________________________________ Send a friend your Buddy Card and stay in contact always with Excite Messenger http://messenger.excite.com