Nora Barraford, when asked about her life, says "Which one? I seem to have lived so many."

A summary of the changes of country, of occupation due to world events seems to agree with her statement. A child in WWI, she watched air battles from an English cottage window. Pennsylvania farm girl, 'between wars'; she dreamed of a future as a poet, painter or sculpture. During WWII, she was a WAAF officer. After marriage to the C.O. of her station in N. Ireland, Lt. Daniel M. Barraford, USAF, she retired from the RAF to become a wife, mother of five, professor and portrait painter. Predominantly, however, she has remained a writer...

Recently she decided to collect some of the most recent of her newspaper articles and turn them into a book.

"Easiest to find!" Laughingly waves at the mountains heaped around her office. "Those closest to the top of the pile—"

What is her motive for writing?

"Writing has always been an outlet for my thoughts," she replies. "You are your own best audience. Besides, if you listen attentively to others and take their ideas into account when forming conclusions, editors may listen, too. It is fun also, to look back and find out, if given fresh data, you can change your conclusions."