I was named for my father’s sister who was outgoing and ebullient. Perhaps they were hoping for a duplicate of her. Instead they were given a painfully shy, reserved, quiet child with a habit of day dreaming and hiding if anyone came into the house that was not a playmate. To this day, when company [...]
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A Time to Reflect and Celebrate
Posted in Seasons on May 25, 2009 | 10 Comments »
Mary Austin
Posted in Indomitable Women on May 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I met the late Mary Austin in a college English class. I had never heard of her until the book was assigned as required reading. Years later I met her again on the book shelves at the ranger station in Lone Pine while registering for a climb up to Mt. Whitney. When I arrived home [...]