Celebrating Independence
As the the Summer Solstice coincided with a full moon for the first time in 49 years, my daughter, grandsons and I …
Art by Women
Trailblazing artists who happened to be women were the subjects of an astonishing exhibit last winter at the Norton Museum of Art …
Remembering Wayne
On this Memorial Day I want to honor the memory of my father-in-law, Wayne Smith, who was born May 25, 1917, and who …
Brown College 50th Anniversary
Rice University has no sororities or fraternities, seeking instead to foster gracious living at residential colleges, each with a complement of Resident, Faculty, and …
Rice Homecoming 2015
Steve and I journeyed to Houston November 12 – 15 for his Class of ’65 Golden Reunion. It was also our son David’s …
Lifelong Friendships
A few years ago my brother Joel gave me The Girls from Ames, a book about eleven women who have been friends for …
Farewell Arlington
After 47 years in the DC area, Steve and I are moving to Florida on October 29. We will make our new head-quarters …
My Grandmother Martha
Today is the 151st birthday of my paternal grandmother, Martha Woodrum Kirkpatrick, known as Mattie. She was born October 1, 1864 and …
Ralph Stone, Taylor Tiger
How lucky my three children were to attend Taylor Elementary School in Arlington, Virginia, from 1976 – 1990. Principal Ralph Stone was …
Baden and Beethoven
Baden bei Wien has the double honor of having hosted Mozart in 1791 when he wrote his most famous choral anthem, Ave Verum, and Beethoven, in …