I sense a book in the making!
Im waiting with baited breath!! carry on.
Color me amazed. This is as much writing a Peiper has done ever. I think it’s more writing than his last 30 posts put together!
Ok, you’ve made a beginning. This is a good first draft, so have at it. I deduce that somewhere in here it’s going to be the fabric trade that brings you and your wife together. That would give you a working title of “The Drapes That Bind” or some such play on the old “The Ties That Bind” expression.
Would love at first sight, amongst the rolls of cloth, be “a bolt from the blue”? Couldn’t resist that one!
Don’t know why you’re in a hurry, but if inspiration has powered up your keyboard, then have at it!