Dear Mary Ann: I agree, I don't think Phoebe had time to sit and relax much. In Phoebe's father's diary, of the same year, he mentions Phoebe breaking her sewing machine, I think he might have been kind of frustrated with her at the time. Can you imagine Phoebe trying to use one of those computerized sewing machines? At one point, I believe Phoebe's mother went to Canada, they had relatives living there at the time. I have found through reading Phoebe's diaries and especially her father's diaries, they didn't like to stay in one place for very long. Phoebe's father, Rev. Enoch Williams was a wanderer, especially in his later years. Enoch did a lot of lecturing, he was an astronomer as well as a minister, and he was also a projectionist for the early magic lantern shows, and he was one if the first the operate a limelight, he even knew the formula for mixing the gases! I could go on about Enoch's travel's, but I'll save that for another time. At any rate, Phoebe would probably be overwelmed at the selection, and the price of fabric today! I'm glad you enjoyed the diaries! Kim