Editorial Comment

Two weeks ago my intent was to post a section on Axel Kjelstrom, Allan's father. I was soon surrounded by information on him (which is fantastic by the way) and became overwhelmed. I decided to move on to Allan's mother, Juanita and found myself in the same predicament. While I am organize that, including a transcription of a two hour interview Dad conducted of his parents in 1978, I am going to move on to Dad's childhood. Stay tuned for posts on Axel and Juanita.

By the way, I have changed the way pictures and other files are accessed. Although, I am still working on posting pictures and files, it should now be much more easily accessible.

Editorial Comment

Thank you to everyone who has contributed thus far. I received some great emails, some of which I have included in comments on previous posts. Others I have stored and will use the stories in future chapters. The first chapter was intended to be somewhat introductory, highlighting what Dad might have considered his greatest success.

When I first envisioning the finished product, I didn't see a novel with text and a few pictures. I saw a work, probably a cross between a biography and a scrap book, where the text made up at most 50% of the finished book. With that in mind, I have set up some links under the title of "Pictures and Exhibits" in the side bar, organized by Chapter. Right now, this is only set up to view pictures, but I hope to also provide the ability to view scanned and transcribed documents, quotes, poetry, etc. fitting to the chapter and discussion of Dad's life.

Moving forward, next week I will post the first section of Chapter Two. This will begin to illustrate Dad's family history and a few stories and events I have collected. Based on all of his notes, Dad was particularly interested in his family history, so it is only fitting. Please keep the comments coming!