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PROGRESS REPORT

New Words: 1200 on Chapter 1 ("Those Who Came First") Section 2 ("The Dancing Spirits") of Arizona. Ooljee figures out what she needs to do to put some spiritual pieces in place.

Total Words: 24350.

Reason For Stopping: Spending some time with Foster Kittehs, then getting ready for work.

Book Year: 941 B.C.

Mammalian Assistance: Vegas on elevated nap duty.

Exercise: Walked Tucker around the neighborhood; walked down to campus.

Stimulants: Dr. Pepper.

Today's Opening Passage:

We do not walk alone,
Great Spirit walks besides us,
Always know this,
And be grateful.

The traders had gathered in a circle of sleep beneath deer pelts and around a small fire, all except Wikvaya, who was a few paces away and quietly singing his prayer over and over again while staring up at the moon. When the young man stopped for a sigh, Ooljee picked up the song in the same pitch. He gazed at her with a wonder she found frightening, but she held her ground even knowing he would likely ask her for help again. “Where are you from?” she asked him.

(I didn't write the above prayer, by the way; it comes from a Hopi artist, who in turn learned it from his grandmother.)

Darling Du Jour: Nothing in particular springs out at me, at least nothing that wouldn't contain a spoiler.

Submissions Sent Out In October: 3

Total Submissions Out Now: 7

Non-Research / Review Books In Progress: Michener; Brooks.