Sharing my Cooper’s Hawks

What fun it was yesterday. I had the opportunity to share slides of the Cooper’s Hawks from my story of their being trained in our back yard. About 25 elementary school kids listened and watched in rapt attention…and asked some good questions along the...

The end of January

Where did the month of January go? Is it fair to say, “One twelfth of 2010 is gone?” I started the year with the intent of sending as many queries for my hawk book to as many agents/publishers as I could. Having never done this before, I am surprised how...

Partners in Health, Jan. 22 Report

Dear Priscilla H, Wednesday morning, a strong aftershock earthquake rocked Port-au-Prince, temporarily shutting down operations at the general hospital in Port-au-Prince, as well as several other PIH sites outside the city. Since then additional smaller quakes...

Watch for new stories

After Christmas, I’ll post some stories about the birds in Ecuador. The most fascinating story is how four antpittas  in the rain forest, very elusive birds – impossible to see, got their names. These birds are impossible to see most of the time. Come join...

a Message of Interfaith Leadership

As the Festival of Faiths keynote speaker, Eboo Patel, author of Acts of Faith and founder of the Chicago-based national Interfaith Youth Core, spoke yesterday evening to a crowd of nearly 500 at Beth Shalom Synagogue. He called for a new generation of interfaith...

More Book Signing

Heavens…it is November and I haven’t written on here since September. We had two book signings…my book: A Pioneer Love Story…in October. One was at the Panhandle-Plains Historical Museum in Canyon, TX. This was especially fun since my...