I once shared a space in the Texas Hill Country with this magnificent Live Oak — shade and sanctity in times much appreciated.

Throughout many years in the corporate world, I have produced a flowing stream of bios and resumes. This time it will be different. Today, I want you to know that I’m a woman from the Texas Panhandle, a daughter who loved her parents, a sister of four siblings, a widow and mother who loves her family intensely.  My good fortune has been the colleagues and friends I have met along the way, and I look forward to the continuing renewal of those relationships so as to enjoy and learn from them. I am a writer who studies people, a photographer who seeks to train my eye, and I am beginning new adventures.  My hope is to remain relevant and truthful to my absolute self.