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Dorothea Graham Jensen
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A Buss from Lafayette
Teens
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Plot Bits, Scraps, and Steak
I have been sorting through my old clothes in an effort to "decrapify" our house. (We used to move every few years, which forced me to do this on a regular basis, but we have been in our antique New Hampshire home for 28+ years now, and things have piled up, to say the least.) Of course, doing this is also a visit to the past, and some things I cannot bring myself to throw away, such as the sundress I wore for "going away" from my wedding and the pink fringed flapper costume I was wearing when I first danced with the guy I ended up marrying. Some things are easier to dispose of, such as a corduroy jacket I have not worn in at least ten years.When I checked the pockets, however, I found a little note written on the back of a coupon from Longhorn restaurant.Clearly this was a plot idea that occurred to me while I was tackling a Flo's Filet, and I grabbed the nearest piece of paper to make sure I remembered it. The note said: "Major Weeks brings fan for Pris (from his wife) and Dickon gives fan to Clara for her birthday." And that's exactly what (eventually) happened in this story. I guess that steak can sometimes be a literary inspiration!
Book Excerpt
A Buss from Lafayette
“Oh, I almost forgot, ma’am,” exclaimed his father. “My very busy lady wife sent me with a gift for you. She bought it in Concord yesterday and thought you might put it to good use. After all, she has gone through a confinement or two and knows how you must be feeling in all this heat, so very close to your time.”
Major Weeks reached inside his jacket and pulled out a pretty little fan decorated with a picture of Lafayette. “The town was full of such fripperies and gewgaws sporting his portrait. Handkerchiefs and dinner plates and ribbon badges and such. Dickon bought a couple of things, too.” He looked at his son, who did not say a word. “After all, ’twas a truly historical event and no mistake.”
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