July 17th, 2007

So many times when I’ve been doing research for one story I happen onto interesting facts about a seemingly unrelated person’s life. Such is the case with the book about schoolmarms of the Old West and the chapter I’m writing on Sister Blandina Segale. This dedicated nun and school teacher kept a diary that described her life in the Southwest. While working in Trinidad, Colorado she met Billy the Kid. Her description of the outlaw and his actions at the time are fascinating. According to Sister Blandina, Billy had “steel-blue eyes, which tell a set purpose, good or bad.” I’m looking forward to learning more about this remarkable woman and about the many legendary characters she met in ther life.