Priscilla’s World
80 and Dangerous
I am eighty…and the Level 4 trail is challenging and dangerous. Our son, Ben and I spend a morning in the Friederich Wilderness Area outside of San Antonio. We start early morning and climb to the area the map says we should find the Golden-cheeked Warbler. This...
Watching the Waves
It is amazing what the sight of crashing ocean waves do for my thinking process. I’ve known for a while that changing the location of my work can release a spurt of creativity. I often leave my desk and computer to sit with pencil and pad on the sun porch at our...
A Special Story from a Friend
What Else Could It Be? A story a friend told me became the best present I received on my 80th birthday. Mary Warren’s story topped anything else I received that day. I knew for two years that my friend, Mary Warren suffered from vertigo most of the time. This made it...
A Wondrous Birthday
It can be wonderful when your offspring plot against you. Daughter Mary insisted my birthday dinner had to be on the date. When I explained that we were signed up for a class at church, she offered to write me an excuse note. I gave in. Yes, we would go to dinner on...
Hato Pinero
The first morning I go out as dawn is breaking. An endangered male yellow-knobbed curassow parades by in regal spender. His black curly crest and bright yellow knoblike wattles on his lower mandible, on top of a solid black feathered body, look like nothing I’ve ever...
Casa Maria
“Casa Maria” conjures up images of tropical birds in stunning colors as well as delectable meals and desserts. Casa Maria Lodge located in a large track of cloud forest is truly a glimpse of paradise as seen by the live-in owners, Norbert and Gaby Flauger. An hour and...