A Woman after my own heart!

Dr. Grissom is the featured speaker for the annual KCADW Luncheon/Tea on April 16. Below are some excerpts from her bio:

Dr. Coleen Grissom serves as Professor of English at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. After undergraduate studies at East Texas State University, she received the Master of Arts degree from Syracuse University and the Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1966. She has been on the faculty of Trinity University for more than 45 years. She retired from her administrative role on June 1, 2000, learned to loll during a year's leave of absence, and returned to teach full-time at Trinity in the fall of 2001.

...and....

After 17+ years of living in one of Trinity University’s residences on Oakmont Court, Coleen moved in December, 1999 to the boonies. There her six toy poodles – Tippy, Champion Callidora, and her three sons, Rufus, Eliot, and Wilbur, along with Rudy, a tiny, cranky soul rescued from a Florida puppy mill – form what perhaps may be euphemistically called a “pack of poodles” but live in harmony with the various critters of the wild as well as with her beloved #1 cat, Isadora, and two new kittens, Dorie & Nellie.


Just think of it – not only self-assured felines but also a veritable herd of tiny poodles gamboling under the live oaks in the shadow of the windmill, secured by cedar posts and hog wire fence! Life is good.

I'm featuring Dr. Grissom and some of her poodles on critter-blogging day!