jim wilson blog

Sunday, May 11, 2025, Plot 229, Nairobi South Cemetery, Kenya – formerly British East Africa . [i] I left the Stanley Hotel at three o’clock...

In April 2018 I posted a note on research collaboration about my great grandfather  James Ricalton . This led to the excellent monograph by...

My family kept a place on the water, 101 Edgehill overlooking the Severn’s Round Bay. Dad taught me to sail. Kathy and I learned to swim exp...

I sketched the design, wrote out a bill of materials. I let the drawing sit, revised it, added detail, thought it through, looked at models...

Soot's pond is shaped like a tear, with spring and rain water flowing in across the top, the southern end, and flowing out a rocky bed d...

Saturday, May 12, 2018, was magical. I rose early and drove from DC north into Maryland, having volunteered to serve as the medic for the Na...

Soot’s Camp is Open – Time to Visit 3596 Leeds Manor Road, Markham, Virginia 22643 571.239.6772 – jamesrwilson@gmail.com Lots to...

James Ricalton in his study, Waddington, NY Roger Bailey, a retired art professor from Saint Lawrence University in Canton, New York, r...

Steven Spielberg and Amy Pascal’s movie The Post is a compelling depiction of the decisions made by Katherine Graham (played by Meryl Stree...

Liver Cancer 10.27.2015 – I had dinner with Dr. Alemayehu at Rodeo, a cowboy-themed open-air restaurant in Bole, Addis Ababa. It was lovel...

Kittens 10.27.2015 – A few doors down our next beneficiary lived in a similar one-room hovel, a bed, a couple of boxes as chairs, and a bo...

Maggot Head While Kneeling describes recognition and a compassionate response, other recognitions did not yield such kindness. There are ...

Kneeling 10.27.2015 – We were at Meseret Humanitarian Organization, a women-focused NGO in Addis Ababa, sub-city Kirkos, to see their tour...

Saturday, 10/17. Good launch in Ethiopia. Landed 6:40 AM at Bole, cleared customs and got to Jupiter Hotel in Cazanchis about 9:30. (Melaku ...

To the top we go, my sons and I, to the Vista Haus, for coffee, juice and muffins. At near 12,000 feet, we look over the high valley to pea...