>I am most honored to have been invited to join this list. Some pertinent
>facts about my background:
>
>I taught senior high school English for thirty years. I retired at the end
>of the 1998 school year to pursue writing and independent study full time.
>I have an interest not only in Emily Dickinson, but in the 19th century in
>general, particularly domestic life and "women's issues," and cemeteries.
>
>I am currently working on a novel set in Berks County Pennsylvania from
>1863 to the 1890s, with emphasis on grief and mourning customs and
>needlework samplers as expressions of biography. Even though the Battle of
>Gettysburg is a central event of one chapter, it is NOT about the Civil War
>and NOT A ROMANCE (she said defensively).
>
>I look forward to these discussions.
>--
>Margaret DeAngelis
>
>The Silken Tent
>http://www.silkentent.com
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