At 60, The Mind Was Sharp But

I Love Books, I Love Art, I'm A Fanatic Nature And Wildlife Person. People Assume I'm A Political Animal, Power Hungry, Wanting To Run For Office. And Anyone Who Knows Me Knows That None Of That's True.

Every Spring, This Country Will Be Reminded Of The Lady From Texas. As Trees Bloom And Flowers Carpet Our Nation's Capital, Lady Bird Johnson Will Be Remembered. Only Lady Bird Johnson Could, With Her Vision Of A Beautiful America, Lay Claim To Spring As Her Memorial.

I'd Come To The Country To Do My Thoreau Bit, So I Needed An Office That Looked Out Onto The Woods For Inspiration. I Converted One Of The Bedrooms Into My Workspace And Through Its Windows Watched The Wildlife Appear Each Morning With The Sunrise. Many Were The Days I Would Sit In Wonder, Coffee In Hand, For Hours.

Those Of Us Who Lived Through The Worst Of The Hiv/aids Epidemic From The Early 1980s Through The Mid-1990s Have A Very Special Spot In Our Heart For Home-based Health Care.

As A Spiritual Person, Nature For Me Has Always Been A Healing Place. Going Back All The Way To My Childhood On The Farm, The Fields And Forests Were Places Of Adventure And Self-discovery. Animals Were Companions And Friends, And The World Moved At A Slower, More Rational Pace Than The Bustling Cities Where I'd Resided My Adult Life.