Sister Margaret 215 x 365

Until I’d met Sr. Margaret, I didn’t realize that nuns could be vain. Not that she primped or anything, but she refused to tell her age. When I mentioned that my mom remembered her from high school, she seemed distressed, and swore me to secrecy. Oops, the cat’s out now.

Comments

Bridgett said…
nuns can have all those little quirky flaws...but it always surprises me!
4/20/07, 10:16 PM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Danny & Dennis 149 x 365

Image
My (twin) brothers-in-law, Danny and Dennis have been farming just outside Elgin, Illinois all their adult life. Before that their father farmed some of the same land . In less than two years most of the land they farm will become a subdivision for the rich. Their landlords are selling out.
Read more

George 167 x 365

Image
George, Tim ’s friend from Columbia, Maryland , must have often worn clothes that matched because I called him color-coordinated. He replied: everyone who lived in that planned community was color-coordinated – it was a rule. I now live about thirty minutes from Columbia and, still think of it as Color Coordinated Columbia.
Read more

Frances Lide 168 x 365

Image
Frances took me under her wing when I first moved to the DC area. I couldn’t have asked for a better guide or friend She’d been a reporter for the Evening Star where she’d interviewed first ladies from Eleanor Roosevelt through Betty Ford. She taught me the meaning of integrity.
Read more