What good things do you keep around your home or workspace to inspire, comfort, sustain you? On my desk, are three bits of writing—two quotes and a portion of a long poem—that for many years have served to restore and ground me. Just as standing among the great Sequoias of … [Read more…]
A clear and simple message is tacked to the bulletin board hanging on the wall in my writing room. My desk faces this wall, so I can’t help but see what’s on it. Among notes and quotes and tiny photos is a warning sticker for mailing boxes that contain breakable … [Read more…]
Seasons greetings, everyone. I’m writing today from our home in Florida to share a travel blog describing my most unusual December. I’ll also tell you what’s swirling like snowflakes through my mind. And minds are about the only places snowflakes swirl in Florida! December 2016 – Tango in Argentina If … [Read more…]
Thanksgiving escapades Do you have an unusual story from a Thanksgiving Day? Or one that was funny or nutty somehow? I think I do—one I spent with my father and step-mother seems to qualify. It may not be too funny or nutty, but it was different (that coat!), and it … [Read more…]
This post is to honor our friend, Dr. Thad Seymour, Sr., who served as the 12th President of Rollins College for 12 years. I’m sad to relay that he passed away last Saturday, October 26, 2019. He was 91 years old. We mourn. Over the years, Thad and his wife, Polly, … [Read more…]