My Badly Neglected Blog!

I have been very busy this past month with a new assignment at the office -- I was selected for a temporary promotion (this was not something for which I applied, I was asked, which makes it even more special to me). However, with the temp promtion to a higher level supervisor came more responsiblity (smack on the forehead -- what was my first clue?); in addition I have been very committed to the latest group read on the Barnes and Noble University website ("The Magnificent Ambersons" by Boothe Tarkington). So, my blog has been neglected, and, since I never get many hits here anyway, I have only felt a vague feeling of guilt. I am hoping to resume regular weekly posts after the holidays.

The picture, by an artist named Thomas (cannot find the full name of the artist in my files) is posted due to the book I just finished reading yesterday: "And Not to Yield: A Novel of the Life and Times of Wild Bill Hickok," by Randy Lee Eickhoff. It is an interesting, often lyrical, treatment of the life of this Western icon, but I was a little disappointed that it did not contain more about the time in Deadwood (probably because I am a fan of that HBO series). The painting is of Hickok in Springfield, Greene Co., Missouri, where a branch of my family has lived since the 1840s. I am sure my many-times great grandfathers were familiar with Mr Hickok.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving all! I should be posting here again after the holiday weekend.