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Well, after a lot of soul-searching and a lot of, well, just messy life, here I am again.

So what, you may say?  I guess I just need to have an outlet for my life.  Having said that, let's back up to the beginning.

I'm Bonnie, in my 50's, 2 teens and husband, living in Central Oregon. 

What am I most passionate about?  Well, several things.

I love to create things.  For example, I enjoy crocheting, painting (as in, grab the spray paint!), decoupage. 

Also love to camp and travel, although I don't seem to do much of that these days.

I am also an avid gardener, when the short growing season here in Central Oregon permits.

But I suppose what I love most of all is history. 

I got my love of history from my Dad.  When he had some spare time, he'd lay on his stomach on the floor, his favorite magazines spread out before him.  These included hunting and fishing magazines, but especially Western history magazines.  He even bought books and encyclopedias about the Old West.  As a kid, I spent many an hour looking through the pictures and drawing and later on, reading the stories about Western characters like Chief Joseph, Captain Jack, General Custer, and John Fremont, to name a few.  I was pleasantly surprised when I learned later on that I was living right in the state where many of these famous people visited, lived, and died. 

In 8th grade at Altamont Jr. High in Klamath Falls, Oregon, we set out one day to visit the Lava Beds National Monument in Northern California.  It just so happened to be the centennial of the Modoc Indian War that year of 1972.  I was interested in the Caves, of course, having never been in one before.  But I was more interested in the story of Captain Jack and his band of Modocs who held off the U.S. Army for months in the Lave Beds. 

More later!