I don't really want to be in the book.... I'm too young you know, and it would be stretching artistic license a bit. But you really should go stay at the Castle and go up into the canyon at least once. Mother hated it, but we loved traipsing around up there. It was much nicer than England, really, because we didn't have the dreadful rain.

Well, that is all I have to say about it. Delighted to be here.

Most sincerely,

Miss Elsie Palmer

The Queen Bee.... oh, let me guess where this is going! A few modern ranchwomen could take this quote of hers to heart:

"...Women should remember that all the evils of society are caused by the bad management of men, and women are greatly to blame for folding their hands and permitting this state of things," declared the Antelope in 1880.

She had NO idea how things would turn out!

Poor Madame X .... do you know the story behind that? Her reputation was MUD after that painting was unveiled. But it is a great depiction of the other side of Inez! Striking woman without being a common beauty... class and intelligence is definitely there.

That reminds me.... are you doing anything more with Palmer? I went to the Glen Eyrie website and they had some interesting trumped-up story about him at the Glen Eyrie website . I think it's in the "about us" section under history of the castle. Also go look at the Madrigal section under holiday events. I want to do that for my birthday and spend the night, then if the weather's nice, hike into Queen's Canyon.

(As an aside, I just looked up Madame X at Wiki, and they mention a novel entitled Strapless that I'm now curious about.)

I get the live url by typing what I want, highlighting the words I want to link, then clicking the icon that looks kind of like a green earth with bull's horns. Just to the right of the font color change icon that looks like six multi-colored boxes with a Big T. It's in that same strip with the photo icon, see it? Be sure you're in compose mode, top right.

I'm having trouble with the Title window.... can't seem to type in it. Blogger definitely has its quirks from day to day. Also, did you notice that I changed the blog so you have to sign in to read it? I don't think the world needs to see it, and we can invite others in if we want. Don't you think?

The light and dark sides of Inez...

I've always loved the painting of the all-in-white Mrs. Henry White ... what a nice image of the "light side" of Inez. I DO think that Sargent's Madam X could be her "dark side." All she needs is a hidden pocket for the Remington Smoot No. 2 pocket revolver.


The cleaning of the room proceeds slowly. I need to dash to the library first! I'm looking for information on Caroline Nichols Churchill (http://tinyurl.com/3czfbv). I wish I could "link" the url, but can't figure out how to do this on my Mac!


Also, I tried to stack the two images one on top of the other w/out much success... is there a trick to that? (I seem to be able to drag them around, but the only other way is to insert the picture, then type, then insert another pic, then continue to type after that. Once you've published the photos, it's harder to edit the post.)

-- Ann