Dream Another Dream

Dream Another Dream

Hardly believing it was already June, I turned the calendar page and read the quote for the new month:

“You are never too old to set another goal or dream another dream.” C. S. Lewis

As I am currently fully engaged in preparing for the release of my book on Kansas Territory, I find myself thinking about things as they might relate to the pioneers that I wrote about.

Not all of the people who went west were young and adventurous. Some were more experienced, but still had a dream of the frontier. David Creek, an Iowa farmer, fulfilled that dream at age sixty, as did George Chapman from Kentucky. Mechanic F. Leitzinger’s dream took him all the way from Germany to Kansas at the age of sixty. But Iowan Hilsey Goble has them topped, traveling to the Territory at age seventy. Certainly C. S. Lewis would have approved.

As for me, I am publishing my first book at a time when many are thinking of retirement and what will come next. I feel fortunate to finally see my dream come true and in print this summer. Without dreams we are at a standstill. With them we are propelled forward to a place with endless possibilities. See you there!