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Summer Vacation 1959 ended up over 30,000 words so it is a novella in its own right. It was to be an introductory chapter to Tenth grade, but it really is a stand alone. It works out to 71 type written pages. I will be posting it in 4 Chapters, Today, Wednesday, Sunday, the following Wed, and Sun.

One lesson learned is I will never promise a posting date until the posting is ready. While I appreciate all the fan interest it has been a bit overwhelming the last two weeks with all the questions.

To try to get ahead of the game, Tenth grade will not be posted at all this year. 2017 at the earliest. I have the story blocked out, now to write it.

Enjoy and remember it is all true, give or take a lie or two.

Banadin

And so life goes on. I have been very busy this spring and have not had the time to write that I thought I would. Since I am averaging a request a day of when the next story will be out I am doing an update of my schedule.

I am close to finishing Summer Vacation 1959. A week at the most should do it. Then it has to be edited. That will take up to two weeks. So we are looking at the last week of March or first week of April at the soonest. The story is around thirty thousand words so it is more of a novella than a chapter, and not quite a novel.

As for Tenth grade, I have plotted out the story, now to write it. I really hope to start posting before the end of the year. I will not post until I have at least ten chapters ahead. I hate to miss postings once it starts.

To give a hint or two on vacation, I still carry the brief case I bought at Harrods in Buenos Ares in the 1980's. The pothole story is absolutely true and was related to me by the Managing Director of the Firestone Rubber Plantation in Liberia, we were sitting on the veranda of the guest house at the time. King Neptune did give me some god awful concoction to drink. I did not learn to Tango in an Argentina whorehouse (my story and I am sticking to it.) I have stayed at the Plaza on the Strand in London.

Other than that it is all true. Give or take a lie or two.

I messed up once more, trying to do too much. I left out the real chapter 40, The Beginning of the End.

Considering I am partially retired I am doing a lot. In the last six months I have received enough frequent flier miles to qualify for Gold status with American Airlines. I have aboard the new aircraft carrier Gerald Ford, walked a mile long hallway at a Nissan plant, saw zinc smelted, lord knows how many medical devices made. Oh yeah saw my mother through a bad patch (she is much better, thanks for all the good wishes.)

Also finishing up Ever and Always, and 70% through Rick Jacksons summer vacation.

Because of this I have committed more errors than I am comfortable with in posting. My apologies to all, I just have to sort this out.

Banadin

Sitting in minneapolis waiting for a flight. Will post when I get home, probably around 6est

Banadin

For those that bother to read the blogs there is a missing chapter. When I posted Chapter 37 I repeated the words in Chapter 36 and so the actual words in Chapter 37 were not posted. I have now corrected that. So please reread Chapter 37. My apologies for the error, but just think sometime in the far distant future you can say, yeah I read him when he was just learning his trade, what a putz!


Thanks for your many kind words. For those that disagree or even agree politically, well that is the reality of what is playing out in our country today, as to the correctness, rightness or any other ness, I don't have the faintest clue, history will judge.