Springtime
The spring travel season is over. I now have a summer to get things done around
the farm and write. I am armpit deep in
writing a novel about the Viet Nam War. Hated
the War. This is going to be an ugly,
dark novel that will never sell, but it is cathartic. I have never written anything else on Viet Nam,
but I need to get this one off my chest.
The tentative title is, No Name. Probably only a quarter ofmy titles survive
the rewrites.
While I am on writing, By
Lantern Light is on Kindle. Some Thoughts on Scouts and Spies
continues to do reliably. An article on
the oxen, entitled “The Four Kings” will come out in the July/August issue of Muzzleloader.
The oxen have treated us wonderfully. They certainly have been reliable. They have worked eight times this
spring. We have a new milk goat, Daisy. She is a Boer. I know Boers are not known for being good
milkers, but Daisy gives about a quart a day and it does not have that goat
smell or taste. We got lucky. She is an absolute sweetheart and follows us
around like a dog.
There is a pair of wild turkeys that have figured out that I
have grain in buckets and wil not run from me any longer, instad they wait for
me to give them a scoop. Now they have
influenced another Jake who is not running.
Jake Yoste is in the Army at Fort Sam Huston taking Medical
Training.
