About Nancy
Nancy Hopkins Reily was born in Dallas, Texas on Tuesday, August 7, 1934, as a fifth generation Texan. She attended Robert E. Lee Elementary School, Highland Park High School, Gulf Park College, Gulfport, Mississippi, and Southern Methodist University. Her degree from SMU was a B.B.A. in Retail Merchandising. Later she taught a photography workshop at Angelina College, Lufkin, Texas, where she had a one-woman show of her portraits. Her advance studies included an invitational workshop with Ansel Adams in 1983. She turned her ability to see into writing as just another way to see. She has authored eight books.
More ABOUT NANCYBooks by Nancy
The Blue Egg, A Memoir
Half-Past Winter
My Wisdom That No One Wants
Joseph Imhof, Artist of the Pueblos
Georgia O’Keeffe, A Private Friendship, Part I - Walking the Sun Prairie Land
From my Blog
- The Year Doesn’t Matter
- Why I wrote “Joseph Imhof, Artist of the Pueblos”
- Borrowed and Shared Recipes
- My Name is Nancy
Thoughts on Writing
Writing is the making of meaning. Writing is not the recording of meaning, but its creation. Inspiration comes from the actual writing. You didn’t know you had to write brilliantly, just write. continue
