Hometown
Longview, WA
Places I've been
include beginning from my most recent past (3 dyas ago) London, Paris, Lucerne, Switzerland, Lugano, Venice, Florence, and Rome. A few years ago my aunt and uncle and I meandered through Denmark and the streets of London. Prior to that my daughter and I toured Scotland and England. I almost forgot I took the family to China - visiting 3 cities for 8 days at $1499 a piece all inclusive couldn't afford not to go at that price :-) We've also been to New Zealand, Australia, Mexico, Canada, throughout the United States of America and a goodly portion of Kenya. Needless to say, I love to travel.
Education
Work
Activities
Reading, writing, gardening, watching "old" movies, biking, racquetball when my knees were better
Favorite Charities
American Heart, American Cancer, Community Home, Health and Hospice, Firefighters
Favorite Music
Easy Listening, Barbara Streisand, Neil Diamond, Barry Manilow, the Beach Boys, Fresh Aire, some Christian songs
Favorite TV Shows
NCOS, CSI - the original, then the others, Criminal Minds, L & O Criminal Intent, the Closer, Saving Grace, MASH
Favorite Movies
Same Time Next Year, Heart and Soul, Ghost, the Rock, HItman, any James Bond
Favorite Books
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett, Sherlock Holmes complete works by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the Mitford Series by Jan Karon, Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, ...And Ladies of the Club by Santmyer, the Prophet & Broken Wing by Kahlil Gibran, Davita's Harp by Chaim Potok, anything by Elie Wiesel, New Passages by Gail Sheehy, the Kite Runner & A Ten Thousand Suns and the list goes on and on
Favorite Quotes
Favorite People
Alan Alda, Katharine Hepburn, Abraham Lincoln, my grandmother Sarah Alberta Winslow Otte, my daughter, my son, my late husband -Richard, my aunt Polly
Favorite Places
London, Stockholm, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, anywhere in New Zealand, all of Scotland, the grasslands of Kenya, the hillside overlooking the creek bed in our old house in Kalama, Washington - a bit of heaven.
Favorite Animals
cat first, llamas were a surprise as were African servals, elephants, gorillas, turtles, panther - definitely NO horses - they intimidate me for some odd reason