Lindylou - Walking Through Womanhood

Combing through eye-candy antiques occupies some of my most calming moments in my "gone-wild" life. Exhausted from a tedious chores, I relax as I inspect the discarded items once purchased and "needed" by an individual. Nothing lights a fire deeper in my questing excitement when I turn toward an aisle of breathtaking old books. Oh, the treasures found in the actual first account words of authors. The finest history lessons blossom in reading the actual words of a person of historical importance. Historians can write their interpretation of facts, but only living, breathing people who actually lived through history can give a first account of what they thought, saw, wanted, felt and motivated their actions. An author can always lie to himself and his audience to say what sounds good  and tickles the ears of readers, but few ancient writers/authors had the financial ability nor the endless hours of empty time to pen false words. This week I accumulated several gem