Hometown
Greenfield, MA
Places I've been
Places I've lived: Syracuse, Amsterdam, Gloversville, Canajoharie and Fort Plain, NY; Pittsfield, Lenox and Greenfield, MA; Warwick and Cranston, RI; Warner Robins, GA; Biloxi, MS; Tucson, AZ and Sunnyvale, CA. Places I've traveled to: most of the continental US except the Pacific northwest; Canada and Mexico. Places I will see before I die: Japan, China, New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji, the Caribbean and Europe (all of it). Place I want to retire: Paris.
Education
Work
More about me
I'm a widow with four wonderful children: Jennifer, Marlena, Diana and Ryan, and three terrific grandchildren: Skye, Jade and Ethan. I am currently working part-time for a staffing agency and taking full-time classes at SUNY ESF, studying to become a Landscape Architect. I've been single since my soulmate Jose died in 1999. I currently live in Syracuse, NY with a grumpy old feline named Vader.
Activities
Concerts, plays, movies, writing, photography.
Favorite Charities
Habitat for Humanity
Favorite Music
Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Santana, Mozart
Favorite TV Shows
Boston Legal, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Moonlight
Favorite Movies
The Lord of the Rings (all 3), Chocolat, Out of Africa
Favorite Books
Pillars of the Earth, The Lord of the Rings, the Tales of the Otori series, anything by Richard Russo, Barbara Kingsolver, Amy Tan and Diana Gabaldon.
Favorite Quotes
What does not destroy me makes me stronger. No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you ... all from Friedrich Nietzache, who is eminently quotable.
Favorite People
Besides my children and grandchildren? William Shatner, Thomas Jefferson, Dr. Paul Trznadel (one of my college professors), Dr. Ben Wise (a former boyfriend), and of course, my late husband, Jose Patricio Valdenegro.
Favorite Places
NYC, Boston, San Francisco, virtually any bookstore or library.
Favorite Animals
In general, I'm rather partial to wolves...