October 12, 1947

To begin at the beginning.

Is is 1947. The war has been over for a couple of years now. The radio is playing Count Basie, Perry Como, and Francis Craig & His Orchestra's "Near You".

The Liddles are expecting a new addition to their family. Bob and Ken are going to have new brother or sister... I'm going to have to find out what they were called back then. Bobby & Kenny? Robert and Kenneth? Booboo and K-Bone?... we'll get that one figured...

They live on a farm with their mother Frieda and their father, the hardest working man in Bobtail, Tom Liddle... I don't really know if they call it Bobtail or Bobtail County or nothing yet... but that's what they call it today.

I just found a copy of that song "Near You". It's perfect for the mood at the top of the play. The massive problem with the play is going to be the music. I just found out that no sound recording is considered "public domain" at all. I was given the false information that anything older than 50 years was cool, but Chad was looking for some tunes, and I'm going to have to delve a little further into copyright laws before I get my heart set on anything.

Born October 12, 1947: Sheila Liddle. I'm going to try to provide little windows and fragments into her life, not a complete history, but a series of slices of her life and those who she touched.

Starting now.