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My mother, Kate V. Scott, was a tireless correspondent with a uniquely engaging writing style. This website presents a posthumous autobiography that I assembled from letters, reports, and other writing in which she described her life as a journalist, a wife and mother, a private pilot, a bookkeeper, a shipping agent, an airline agent, a dog lover, a bridge player, and a traveler.
Carli Scott
The same material has been printed as a series of four paperback books. (They contain a few black-and-white photos, but not most of the photos and images that are in this website.)
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You can order print-on-demand copies of the books from either Lulu Bookstore or Amazon (personally, I prefer the ones printed by Lulu). Alternatively, you can download the books as PDF files.
Book 1. Life & Times, 1922 – 1979
Kate describes her childhood, early adulthood, and marriage. She relates how her young family came to settle in British Honduras and what life there was like in the 1950’s through 1970’s. (400 pages)
Book 2. Life & Times, 1980 – 2014
Kate writes of her experiences as a widowed American expat living and working in the newly independent nation of Belize. (376 pages)
Book 3. Travels, 1961 – 1994
Kate details her travel adventures—initially close to her home in Belize, later to far-off continents. (302 pages)
Book 4. Travels, 1995 – 2007
Kate recounts trips that she took in her later years, some short and close to home, others extensive and to exotic destinations, some for business, but most for pleasure. (396 pages)
These four books are dedicated to the people of Belize, who received the Scotts with a warm welcome and lasting friendships, and who accepted our family as an integral part of the community in which we made our new home.