
I hope I can write about this afternoon with the depth of feeling that is in my heart right now. I had a wonderful morning outside at Eastern College. It was a beautiful day – way too bright to take good photographs, but I still found a little secret place to stand in the…
A few days ago Ken and I heard a broadcast on National Public Radio about a new study done on a drug called Nilotinib. The drug is being used for cancer patients, but it was used by two neurologists from GeorgetownUniversity Hospital in Washington D.C. on a small group of Parkinsons patients. The study…
It’s been some time since I last wrote about Ken. His situation has had so many ups and downs it is hard to remember it all. But this morning as I woke up I thought I just might document a little of what has been happening. As many of you know Ken had a…

Ken came home on Friday and is so happy to be back at 470 Glenmary. Although it has only been two days, I think Ken is getting better by the hour. Here is a picture of him just as he left Bryn Mawr Rehab hospital. That is Mark, his spectacular physical therapist to the…

Today, March 5 was the day Ken was coming home from the hospital after more than two months. We will have to wait one more day as the snow is piling up outside. Oh my little heart…..

For Christmas this year, I decided to be bold and not get a regular tree, but instead a Winterberry in a pot that we could plant outside in the spring. A few days ago, I put the pot outside as that is where a Winterberry really wants to be. I looked out the window…
After publishing T A N Z A N I A, a few wonderful people gave me some important revisions and corrections. That gave me the opportunity to revise the book just a little and correct the errors. I have taken down the link to the first version, so if anybody wants to see it…

It was a happy sad day today. Our wonderful, beautiful, kind, sweet little girl grew up and left the nest. We packed up our friend Barbara Reid’s SUV with all of Yumiko’s stuff for NYU and drove her to New York City today. All went smoothly until we had to leave and I started…
Well I am headed to Tanzania this morning for two weeks of what hopefully will be a magnificent adventure of wildlife photography in the Serengeti and surrounding area. But in the mean time – the adventure has already begun. Ken and Yumiko are in Tokyo and I have been home alone with the kittens…