Awesome 85th Birthday

Awesome 85th Birthday

Maybe birthdays get more awesome with each passing year. Is that due to gratefulness that we are still here…and doing quite well, thank you. Or is it that friends and family are just glad we haven’t caused any big upset this year? In any case, March 22 was...
A Tribute to Betty

A Tribute to Betty

Another dear friend and colleague died this week. Betty Pesek and I first met on the west side of Chicago in April, 1967 at the Ecumenical Institute. Forty-eight years ago this month. In early 1967, staff at the EI developed a tactic they called “the Trilogy” to...

A cold damp walk

A cold damp walk in Loose Park with no people. Only beautiful trees bidding goodbye to fall. As good as a walk in France Here I have memories of walking with Rodney–whose 87th B-day would be tomorrow.

Through the Years

Sixty-one years ago my Mother and I ride the Santa Fe Chief to Chicago to shop for my trousseau. It is August before my marriage to Rodney Eugene Wilson. Our wedding takes place  October 26, 1952. Today, June 5, 2013 it has been two years since his death. Time is so...

A Trip to Texas

I never met a three-day-old donkey before. Ben, Tina and I flew into San Antonio. After the drive north to Boerne we headed for a bite of lunch, a bit of birding in Cibilo Park and checking in at Ye Kendall Inn. News of Diane Wilson’s death threw us into a swirl of...