my journey as a civil war novel writer

Getting ready for another busy day, the last in a row now so I can use wednesday to friday to relax and get ready for the weekend in Belgium. Tonight is kaarsjesavond in Gouda. I will tell you more about it later in the week and share some pics hopefully. Finished reading the english heritage handbook, it was more setting a cross on almost eve ry page about things I would like to see. Hopefully I will get the chance to see some of them next year. Starting a new book tomorrow. Living in the past, a book about historic reenactment. It is about time that I read some more about that. Next year I am probably going to participate in my first. I have of course been a spectator at a few. I also need to read up on the english civil war, a time period that I don't know too much about. It is in April so I had better get a move on! I haven't said anything about my studyday on saturday yet. I was frustrated that I wasn't feeling any better but I did manage to go for most of the day. And

I am doing a bit better so today I want to return to the blog. Also because I think one of the reasons of the stress is clearing up. There was some disagreement with a friend that I hold very dear. And I think we are getting closer again. That makes me very happy. Later this afternoon I will send her another email. And then go into to wn to talk about my glasses situation once more and determine how much money I want to spend on them now. I also have two crowns coming up this year and none of these costs were planned. Gulp! But as promised books! I finished a book of lists. Movies made about the american civil war. It wasn't much more then a list with lots of photo's. But it did give me ideas for of the older movies I would still like to see. Not sure if they are available on DVD. I also finished the second J.D. Robb novel, Glory in Death. They are futuristic detective novels and I am really starting to like them. The third book I finished was a dutch book with tips for peole s

Woke up this morning with the wind blowing outside of the window. Now that is not a nice thing to wake up to if you are as prone to seasickness as I am. So I had to gulp and get past it and hope for the best. It was not difficult to leave the cottage by the ten o'clock deadline. We had not spend much time there so there wasn't much to clean up. Most difficult was cra mming everything in the car, but we are creative! Before heading off to Dover there was a stop at Tesco's. Mel needed to get some things that they don't have in Belgium. I didn't really stock up as there was no room . Next time! At Dover castle I joined english heritage. The membership is valid for a whole year and I do plan on some short trips to England next year. The entrance to this castle already covers a quarter of the fee. Those things are getting soooo expensive. The wind was really picking up now nearly blowing us away! We were booked on a tour of the secret wartime tunnels first. These tunnel