by Priscilla H Wilson | Sep 21, 2013 | Family, Photography, Writing
It is an amazing love story and I enjoy sharing it. It is the story of my Mother’s parents … Minnie Wood Warren Hobart and Timothy Dwight Hobart. One afternoon a room-full of folks at the retirement center where I now live gathered to hear this story. The book is...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Jul 29, 2013 | Family, Photography, Travel
Communication between the drivers in the Masai Mara is amazing. Our driver, Musa gets word early morning that some cheetahs are sighted near Intrepid Camp…off we go (after a cup of coffee) for the long drive east…toward Intrepid Camp. When we arrive where...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Jul 1, 2013 | Family, Photography, Travel
How much can I pack into one weekend? I decide to see how many memories of Chicago I will recreate so I invite myself to join Mary, Nora and Warren for their road trip north. They had two intents…eat at their favorite restaurants and see Warren off on the bus to...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Dec 28, 2012 | Family, Photography
Photography entered the DNA of our family with the first cameras in this country. One story from, A Pioneer Love Story tells of “our” first camera: In 1900, the Eastman Kodak Company introduced a low-priced, point-and-shoot, hand-held camera, called the...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Apr 18, 2012 | Photography, Writing
Some days the mystery bursts in upon us and changes the whole day. This morning my sister, Pam, and I are driving to Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge, an hour and a half north. We are scheduled to meet a group of birders from the Burroughs Audubon group. Suddenly...
by Priscilla H Wilson | Nov 2, 2011 | Birding, Photography, Writing
The weather changed and Indian summer left in a hurry. I captured the flicker and red belly woodpecker in my camera before all the change out doors. Then I settled down to read (and edit some stories) when my neighbor, Patty, called. Fantastic news, she had a...