[cfgray]

Martha,

Sometimes tellers of stories such as yours (can there be many stories such as yours? I doubt it) opt to run the narrative as a chronology, makes sense it would seem... Point A to Point B.... etc., etc.

But you have another option, mostly due to the amazing richness of your journey, full of color, full of interesting people, unusual events (say, for instance, flying with Cole Palen in his Jenny, how many can claim that distinction?), drama, human failings, kindness and generosity, triumph in the midst of adversity, loneliness and an excess of people crowding you... you know and I cannot, but seems to me that all that is such a valuable and interesting dimension to this story, your story, that it would be submerged beneath an endless run of dates and courses.

So... Please do consider using a thematic approach, taking blocks of stories and associating them into chapters... barnstormers, cropdusters, odd moments, fear, joy, romance, adversity... and so on.

Just a thought.

What a joy it is to read what you are posting.

Best,
cfgray