In My Own Words
In My Own Words
A New Shape of Happiness
Of course, the question of happiness has taken on new significance and difficulty for me over the past 15 months. But I have found that I can feel happy since Bill died, though it takes on a new kind of shape without him. Being with my four children always gives me a...
Ukraine is Not a World Away from Davidson
The Krimon family and Margo Williams. Back in the early 1990s, Davidson College joined in a consortium of colleges that welcomed a wave of students from the former Soviet Union countries to study in our country. Happily, for the college and the town, our two students...
Lilacs
My husband died in March. On what would have been our 49th wedding anniversary, I received his last order of roses, with a daisy in the middle. He asked our son to order them and told him exactly what he wanted. The roses got me to thinking about how he loved flowers....
The Great Burami Oasis
Once, we visited an ancient oasis city, called Al Ain. It is about 80 miles due east of Abu Dhabi, into the heart of the desert and on the edge of some craggy mountains. We drove up one of those mountains, Jebel Haffit, and saw the...
Esse Quam Videri: To Be, Rather Than To Seem.
Esse Quam Videri. To Be, Rather Than To Seem. This is the state motto of North Carolina. And I got to thinking about it after last week’s election, one in which we were barraged with ads and videos and Facebook pages and Tweets and news reports and television, all of...
I write about what I have experienced, what I remember from my growing up in Texas, travel, and world events. I am especially moved by the large mammals with which we share this planet – particularly elephants, whales, and dolphins. When we traveled to South Africa, I had moments on safari that I will never forget. When one sees these magnificent creatures, living in the wild as nature intended, it alters one’s perspective forever.
If you read these blogs, I hope that you will be in touch with me so that I can learn about your journey. It is a privilege to share these stories with you.
