Photos

In the garden at Annaghmakerrig

In the garden at Annaghmakerrig (photo Mirona Mara, mironamara.com)

 

 Hiking in sun and fog northeast of Gaucin (setting of Chapter 27 in <em>Fighter Pilot's Daughter). Happy to escape my study!

Hiking in sun and fog northeast of Gaucin (setting of Chapter 27 in Fighter Pilot’s Daughter).

 

Gaucin at sunset on the third to the last day of 2016. No editing or color added!

Gaucin at sunset on the last day of 2016. No editing or color added!

 

Tyrone Guthre Arts Centre, County Monaghan, Ireland, where I go for writing retreats

Tyrone Guthre Arts Centre, County Monaghan, Ireland, where I go for writing retreats

 

In my Dad's flight jacket from the Korean War.

In my Dad’s flight jacket from the Korean War.

 

Map of the world drawn by Giovanni Vespucci, nephew of America Vespucci, in 1526. At the Hispanic Society, NYC.

Map of the world drawn by Giovanni Vespucci, nephew of Amerigo Vespucci, in 1526. At the Hispanic Society, NYC.  Researching old manuscripts for a project for Acoma Pueblo and found this lovely old map hanging on the wall in the reading room.

 

The Dalton Dead Reckoning Computer my Dad used for navigating.

The Dalton Dead Reckoning Computer my Dad used for navigating.

 

Astrolabe, 1450, in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. Used to chart the stars and calculate time centuries before the clock.

Astrolabe, 1450, in the Museo Arqueológico Nacional, Madrid. Used to chart the stars and calculate time centuries before the clock.

 

Relaxing on a summer morning at the finca in Gaucin

A summer morning at the finca in Gaucin

 

John at the summit of La Loberia, Gaucín, summer 2017

John at the summit of La Loberia, Gaucín, summer 2017

 

With Students in "Lit & Film of the 60s" Samantha Tager (left) and Maggie Hughes (right)

With Students in “Lit & Film of the 60s” Samantha Tager (left) and Maggie Hughes (right)

 

Mary in Heidelberg, 1969

Mary in Heidelberg, 1969

 

Jack and Frannie on the SS United States, 1965

Jack and Frannie on the SS United States, 1965

 

Lawlor family in New Vernon, NJ, just before sailing to Germany, February 1965 (L-R Frannie, Jack, Lizzie, Sarah, Nancy, Mary

Lawlor family in New Vernon, NJ, just before sailing to Germany, February 1965 (L-R Frannie, Jack, Lizzie, Sarah, Nancy, Mary

 

With my mother and sisters at the farm in Alabama, c. 1957: (L-R) Lizzie, Nancy, Frannie with Sarah on her lap, and me

With my mother and sisters at the farm in Alabama, c. 1957: (L-R) Lizzie, Nancy, Frannie with Sarah on her lap, and me

 

Portrait my mother had taken in Miami, 1955, of herself surrounded by us: Lizzie (top l), Nancy (top r), Sarah (lower r), me (lower l)

Portrait my mother had taken in Miami, 1955, of herself surrounded by us: Lizzie (top l), Nancy (top r), Sarah (lower r), me (lower l)

 

Thinking of Frannie, my mother and subject of much attention in <em>Fighter Pilot's Daughter</em>, sketched here in a Saks ad for Intoxication perfume in 1945, when she worked in their advertising department.

Thinking of Frannie, my mother and subject of much attention in Fighter Pilot’s Daughter, sketched here in a Saks ad for Intoxication perfume in 1945 when she was working in Saks’s advertising department.

 

My father in the Korean War pilot's jacket I'm wearing in home page image

My father in the Korean War pilot’s jacket I’m wearing in home page image

 

Jack Lawlor climbing into a T-6 Texan Trainer, c. 1943

Jack Lawlor climbing into a T-6 Texan Trainer, c. 1943