Sometimes we call her theair traffic controller —calibrating schedules,inventorying andcoordinating andunmuddling messes,managing myriadmicros and macros, andmultitasking Monday,Tuesday, heck, every day —also installing docks,feeding ducks and songbirds,soliciting bids andperhaps painting clapboardor pruning persimmons,brush hogging meadows, andwelcoming travel guests.In short she is all this —air traffic controller,conductor, ringleader,emcee and referee —but also cheerleader,advocate, confidant,colleague, and dear-dear friend. […]