Hometown
I live in a small southern town in Tennessee.
Places I've been
I've traveled some but not extensively. Chicago, Washington D.C., New Orleans, Florida, Los Angeles, Kansas City,British Isles.
More about me

 I surround myself with cats, books, music, and movies.

I retired from teaching June 2008. I'm exploring life outside my career although I'll always be a teacher/student. I just get to indulge myself a bit more now.

Since retiring I've been invited to be one of the hosts(there are 8 of us) of The Women's Round Table on our local radio station.

This is something new for me and totally outside of my comfort zone. I'm finding it interesting, challenging, and fun.

Activities
Books, Movies, Music, TV, Trivia
Favorite Charities
Salvation Army, Red Cross, Home Safe, No Kill Animal Shelters
Favorite Music
Rock/Pop, Alternative, Big Band/Swing, Folk/Country, Show Tunes
Favorite TV Shows
Law and Order, CSI, Without a Trace, Cold Case, City Confidential, Psych, Monk, Jon Stewart, Colbert Report, SNL, David letterman, Ellen, The Office, Masterpiece Theatre, BBC Mysteries, Mad Men, Life, Doctor Who, Torchwood, Closer, Saving Grace...many more. Classic TV- Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Perry Mason, ... lots more.
Favorite Movies
To Kill a Mockingbird, Casablanca, The African Queen, Rebecca, everything by Hitchcock, Bringing Up Baby, Desk Set, Abbot and Constello, Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Godfather, Justice For All, all Monty Python movies, film noir, Philip Marlowe, Shindler's List, About A Boy, The Constant Gardener, The Gift, The Sixth Sense, Signs, scifi- THEM, The Blob, The Claw, The Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, Godzilla movies, ....tooooooo many to list. :)
Favorite Books
To Kill a Mockingbird, Rebecca, Pride and Prejudice, The Shape of Snakes, The Handmaid's Tale, Diary of Anne Frank, Water For Elephants, The Book Thief, Animal Farm, The Tatoo Murder Case many mysteries, thrillers, biographies, ... I'm an avid reader. Favorite authors- Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Michael Connelly, Greg Iles, Harlan Coban, Lee Child, Minette Walters, Carol Goodman, Tana French, Michelle Spring, Daniel Hecht, Jane Austen, Louisa Mae Alcott, the Brontes
Favorite Quotes
A blessing for the Czar?? May God bless and keep the Czar far from us.
Favorite People
My family, my friends, John and Abigail Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Abraham Lincoln, FDR and Eleanor , Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, Gregory Peck, Jimmy Stewart, Michael Moore, Katherine Hepburn, Hillary and Bill Clinton, Al Gore, Al Franken, .. many more lol!!
Favorite Places
Any place where I can see or hear the ocean. Cozily inside where I can curl up with a good book and hear the whistle of the wind or the rain on the roof. Historical tours. Libraries and book stores. The theater and the Theatre. A favorite concert. Family gatherings with lots of children. Schools/classrooms.
Favorite Animals
Cats/Dogs~~~ Wild Animals- Wolves, Big Cats, Elephants, Bears...