Welcome to my website! These are my memoirs. Instead of a 350-page book, you’ll find individual chapters that tell stories about notable people in my life, significant places, and memorable events.  You’ll also learn something about me. From time to time, I’ll add new chapters when I finish them. I also plan to add photo and art galleries. The book of stories I published in 2006 is out of print, but you can read it here. 

To open my stories, or any memoir chapter, you will need a PDF reader. Just click on an image.

. . . And I'm the Queen of England

Source: Cambridge University Library
Queen Emma and sons received by Duke Richard II of Normandy
(Cambridge University Library)

Where I'm From

Willamette River and Spencer Butte, Eugene, Oregon
(© Photo Stock Source)

The Puritan Connection

Return of Roger Williams from England with royal patent for Rhode Island, 1644

Nineteen Sixty-Two

South of France, September 1962

Mr. Bailey

Magazine photo of Arthur Bailey, 1947

Lucky Luciano

Postcard from Lucian in Rome, 1992

Molto Legatissimo

photo courtesy Belcanto.ru, online Russian source for news of classical music, opera, ballet
Maestro Vladimir Minin
(courtesy Belcanto.ru)

Tahiti

Sunset over Moorea from Hotel Tahiti, Papeete, 1984