A Beacon of Light

“No distance of place or lapse of time can lessen the friendship of those who are thoroughly persuaded of each other’s worth.”  Robert Southey My travels around the world, limited though they may have been, have blessed me with the opportunity to meet and get to know many people. Most would best be described as…

“Be silly. Be honest. Be kind.” Ralph Waldo Emerson On June 4, 1958, I celebrated my fourth birthday. I have no recollection of this day, nor of any celebration which might have been held. There is no doubt in my mind that my parents acknowledged my fourth birthday in some way. I just don’t remember anything about it.…

I am grateful to have had the opportunity to spend some time in the third-grade classroom of Mrs. Diana Clarke at Woodcock Primary School in Nassau last Wednesday. I read my book, Cherries in the Summer, to them, and gave one away to the only student in the classroom to share my birthday month of…

“Choices are the hinges of destiny.” Edwin Markham In the early spring of 1979, my final quarter of classes at Santa Clara University, I wrote a letter to Mr. Lou Adderley, the principal at Saint Augustine’s College here in Nassau, letting him know that I would be graduating in June and would like to return to teach…