ANOTHER PROGRESS REPORT ON "PETER'S STORY"

Well, I got my required 125 pages

of transcription completed this past week. By end of day on Friday, the page count totaled 284 pages. I've had to start a second notebook. And I have just started typing up the very first pages of transciption, including the passage about Peter's earliest memory, a version of which I think will open the book:

I remember coming up the steps. I must have been about two-and-a-half years old. We were living on Clybourn Street in a black duplex. A carpenter lived downstairs, Mr. Linden and his fmily. I was coming up the steps yelling "I came from another world! I came from another world!"

We had lots of company in the dining room. They were all looking at me. And I was trying to explain "I came from another world." I didn't understand at the time what I was saying but as I was going up the stairs I knew there was something about my life.

I looked around and saw my Grandma, my aunts. They all had those high button-up shoes. The dining room was filled with food. People were surprised by the way I was talking. I was happy as I was saying it. "I came from another world." I looked around. I looked at all the expressions. They believed me.

Then I got in amongst them, and that was the end of what I was saying about coming from another world. I mixed in with them. Everybody was happy. They were eating, smoking cigars. There was music.

This is an early draft. A first version. A good start. I'm pleased to say: the project is moving.

Comments

[Dave]

This looks very promising.