Day 551 July 5 2010

“All is done with utmost seriousness with all the attention of the State, for it is in our bed that France and Austria unite.”~~Abundance: A Novel of Marie Antionette by Sena Jeter Naslund

Fictional memoir of the queen. Love, fascination, motherhood and loss.

Day 523 June 7 2010

“Never even shot at anyone.”~~The Last Town on Earth by Thomas Mullen

Residents of a small Washington town barricade themselves against the flu 1918 flu epidemic.