2025 Highlights
Since this picture of all twelve members of our family was taken last Christmas, we have enjoyed a year full of adventures, …
Wonderful Copenhagen!
Copenhagen was the start of the Baltic Sea voyage my friend Marjo and I took July 20 – August 4 to celebrate …
Married 59 Years!
On June 11, 1966, just one week after our graduation from Rice University in Houston, Steve and I were married in Borger, …
Spring in Cambridge
Violet and I arrived in Boston on April 23 to find trees just beginning to turn green. The next morning my friend …
Watchword for 2025
Instead of packing away this Christmas stocking holder, I decided to keep it on my bookshelf so that JOY could be my watchword …
New Year, New Knee!
On December 10, my crumbly right knee was totally replaced with a better model. Three weeks later it feels terrific! I am …
Revisiting the 1960s
While adjusting to the total replacement of my right knee that was done on December 10, I read a new book by Doris …
Steamboat Springs
In 1963 my parents and I stayed for a week at Rabbit Ears Lodge, a special treat the Phillips Petroleum Company granted …
The Heart of Texas
On Friday the 13th of September, Steve and I arrived in Austin to see our daughter Shelby’s family. Guitars at the Austin …
Feeling Awe
AWE: the New Science of Everyday Wonder by Dachar Keltner. is the book I bought after meeting a woman on our plane …