Priscilla’s World
A Whirlwind Weekend in Chicago
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...
Through the Years
Sixty-one years ago my Mother and I ride the Santa Fe Chief to Chicago to shop for my trousseau. It is August before my marriage to Rodney Eugene Wilson. Our wedding takes place October 26, 1952. Today, June 5, 2013 it has been two years since his death. Time is so...
The Arrival of Spring
I know it is spring when my email box is stuffed with lists of the birds that other people have seen. This is the first time in several years that birders across this part of Kansas have raved during the month of May about the number of migrating birds they are...
A Spring Journey
How many worlds can I inhabit in less than a week? The day after my 82nd birthday I am with family in the Punta Cana, Dominican Republic airport. Ten inches of snow greet us when we awake the next day. Mary, Nora and Warren had set the ball rolling by deciding a...
A Trip to Texas
I never met a three-day-old donkey before. Ben, Tina and I flew into San Antonio. After the drive north to Boerne we headed for a bite of lunch, a bit of birding in Cibilo Park and checking in at Ye Kendall Inn. News of Diane Wilson’s death threw us into a swirl of...
The Aging Process
Two movies in one weekend. Probably some kind of a record for me. I've been telling myself for weeks that I wanted to go to a movie, but saying something and doing something about it are two different things. Finally, I said, "Ok, now." Yesterday I went to see Amour....