A Distinguished Member of the Humane Society

Jane Goodall has just celebrated her 90th birthday. WOW! She is a heroine to me. We are not quite contemporaries —— but almost. Ever since I realized that she and I were in East Africa at approximately the same time I have tried to learn more about her groundbreaking research and life story.

IRISH “COLLEEN” , “Oh my Nora Creina dear,

My mild, my artless, Nora Creina!

Wit though bright

Hath no such light,

As warms your eyes, my Nora Creina

And Sometimes, Surprise and Delight

Norwegian skier

I wish!

Handknit by my mother, 1940’s

Stalking black cat

Photo courtesy of the Anchorage Daily News

Surf and sea off the rugged coast of Maine Postcard

This is a page from an old yearbook. I see that 2 of my neighbors were on that “long ago” team. I was a tennis player also but opted for softball in the Spring season.