Touch the Sky Publications - About the Author About the Author, Jeanette Clinkunbroomer Born at dawn under the sign of Capricorn, I'm told that a long memory and a longing for something other than what I've got are inescapable parts of my personality. For example, I clearly recall being about four years old and not yet knowing how to read, poring over the pictures in our collection of Golden Books and begging my mother to read me a story. Every book held an adventure. A little later on I started making up my own stories. I have a degree in English literature, but in college came very close to changing to a history major.
History is a story, a long and never-ending adventure.
It also explains why things are the way they are, and as Santayana suggests, might keep us from making the same mistakes over and over again. When not reading history or trying to re-create it, I earn a living as a free lance business journalist, and within the limits of time and money, travel as much as possible. Home base is the Chicago area. Perhaps we'll run into each other at Gettysburg or Harpers Ferry next summer. But that's another story.