Will's Good Idea for the Week of 4/10/22

Good morning Stroock's Books world. 

We write this from Cortland Manor, New York, from the very house in which we grew up. A few posts ago we threatened to get nostalgic this week, and nothing throws us into pointless, emotionally traumatic nostalgia like visiting Cortland Manor. We recovered some very old materials. Materials we had not seen in three decades. Materials we didn't even know existed. 

As we write this, Oldest Daughter is sitting at the spot at the kitchen table where her grandmother sat. There's synergy there.

Youngest Daughter was bored yesterday afternoon, so we took her for a walk up the street, the same street we walked and roamed throughout the 80s. A few things have changed, but for the most part the street remains the same. The rocks and boulders (this is glacier country) are all there. So are all the old spots. Mr. Masters was working on something in the garage, just like always. It's terrifying. 

Actually this week's coming nostalgia is about 20 years ago, not 30. Which is far less useless than remembering what things were like in 1992. It was 20 years ago next week we started our final week at American Public University, online. Watchout for April 13, people. 

We'll be returning to the New Jersey hinterlands this afternoon. Phew.

Moving on to Will's Good Idea for the Week of 4/10/22 [Thank God-Ed]. We spent a lot of time thinking on the drive over here. While we were crossing the mighty Hudson River, we realized that President Rockefeller's inauguration and events surrounding same should be its own chapter. There's no reason why the chapter can't be broken into a couple of sections. One of those sections should show congress in the Greenbrier, from where they've conducted business since the war. These scenes can describe congressional concerns and machinations. We can also talk about congressmen arriving at the Greenbrier the night of the war. 

We'll have something to think about on the drive back.