Meaning: I worked on only one piece for the train that March.

“Our track plan needed a dry run, meaning set up in the front hall.”

“A make sure requested by Karen.”

"By February's End, There Was No Stopping Us."

"And More Again."

". . . Then More Board . . ."

"Newly Inspired, I made a track layout and went back to cutting."

"The track layout is under the board."









"Next is the reverse side of the way station model."

FEBRUARY 2015 "So I Embellished a Bit."

  And I think the effect shocked Karen. I called her to look. She turned from her writing, and with hardly a skip in time she shot to her feet and said, "We have to have a plan, a foundation on paper—not just sketches."
   "I know," I said. "I need a footprint in order to lay out the track."