Preludes, Puzzles, Persistence
To keep my mind engaged during Florida’s torpid month of July, I set myself two challenges: Music: memorize Bach’s Prelude in B-flat …
Queen City
Charlotte North Carolina fascinates me. Its tall trees evoke Gothic cathedrals; its churches inspire admiration; its museums make me think; its women are …
North Texas Treasures
North Texas is a land of treasures for me: the Stockyards and The Modern Museum of Art in Fort Worth; Chaska House …
Cambridge Science Festival
Many cities have Art or Music Festivals; Cambridge Massachusetts has a Science Festival each spring during the week that school kids are …
Discoveries in Egypt
For more Near East Discoveries, our ship joined a convoy of 24 ships to enter the Suez Canal, the famous passageway between Asia and …
Big Bend Nat’l Park
Though Steve and I grew up in Texas, only last month did we finally visit the state’s crown jewel, Big Bend National …
Boomtown, Texas
In 1926, oil was discovered in Borger, fifty miles north of Amarillo, Texas. My father, William Davis Kirkpatrick, then 24 and single, …
Chicago, Chicago
Five days in Chicago gave me two ways to experience this great city, first with my family and then, on my own. …
Mohawk Trail, Massachusetts
On two beautiful fall days, Lilli, Violet, and I traveled on the Mohawk Trail and discovered five places to treasure. The Mohawk …
Visiting Marjo
Thanks to my good friend Marjo, I have now become acquainted with many wonderful people and places in Ohio and Michigan. A …