by Admin | Feb 7, 2011 | Uncategorized
In August 2010 I published a post on Sissinghurst, the famous English garden designed by Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson. Many readers expressed the desire for more on this topic. Sissinghurst Castle and garden is in Kent about an hour south west...
by Admin | Oct 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
It seems impossible that it is more than a month since I wrote a post. I apologize to my loyal readers. The start up of the school year is an all-consuming process. It reminds me of a large water bird that has been resting on the water all summer and as the year...
by Admin | May 23, 2010 | Uncategorized
My Mother (1920-2010) My mother died on May 16, 2010 and I am dedicating this post to her. Her funeral was a memorable occasion filled with the bitterness of loss and the sweetness of celebrating her life. Her family was present, two children, five grandchildren, two...
by Admin | Apr 3, 2010 | Uncategorized
They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Here are three taken on a recent vacation in south-west Florida. Standing Plovers Swimming Sea Hare Plovers in Flight Three thousand powerful and evocative words to reflect the natural beauty we are fortunate to encounter...
by Admin | Mar 11, 2010 | apartheid, Children, Conflagration, creativity, historical fiction, human rights, Sharpeville massacre, Uncategorized
On March 21 1960 the South African police shot and killed 69 people–men, women and children–at the police station in the dusty East Rand township of Sharpeville, South Africa. Almost two hundred more were injured. Almost all were shot in the back as they...
by Admin | Mar 2, 2010 | Uncategorized
I saw a robin today as I walked across campus, a harbinger of spring to come. In a flower bed in front of my home office window there are a host of white and green snowdrops emerging from under those leaves that were not swept away last fall. My heart leaps at the...
