Seen from the Outside

Patricia is Adventurous

A courageous traveler who tours the west with her dogs by her side.
She photographs mountains and old schoolhouses, talks to strangers.
Is not afraid of what currents lie ahead but takes the river as it is.

Patricia is a Storyteller

Of homes in many places, a mosaic of work, art, friendships, family and animals.
She and Merle Haggard went to kindergarten together.
A guitar-playing man in the wilderness sang to her and if you take time to listen, there is more.

Patricia is Seventy

How did this happen? Turn back the blasted clock!

Or:

Observe the strength and bright eyes and the wisdom of age because it is there before you. There IS a wisdom and an opening of the heart and a love of life, of what remains to you -- the fresh road ahead, the books unread, the friends you do not yet know.

And many things the young think they know, but cannot know until this wisdom of age seeps into them, like moonlight, making weeds look like golden stalks of grain. And they begin to talk like us, and begin to treasure each small delightful word from a friend, until they wish with all their hearts to go back.

Written and presented by: Susan Higgins, December 2007