DAPHNE ASTOR

I met Daphne during a short course at Schumacher College in Devon where we spent afternoons in the forest around a fire listening, telling stories. After several early mornings together in rich conversation we realized we should exchange names. When Daphne told me hers, I said "oh, two of my favorite flowers." Silence in the room. Daphne said the spelling is different. As one with a childhood in the state of Oregon where the coastal town of Astoria has an Astor column and my own family has...