Relationship
Married. Interested in meeting people for friendship
Hometown
La Mesa, CA
Places I've been
Lemon Grove, CA. Mt. Miguel High School. Have lived in Santa Rosa and Rohnert Park, CA. Charleston, MO, Hamilton, OH, Shelburne, VT. Have spent a lot of time in Ashland and Jacksonville, OR; St. Louis, MO; Cincinnati, OH; Have traveled in CA, AZ, NV, TX, AR, LA, CO, UT, KS, IN, MO, KY, OH, PA, DC, CT, MA, NH, NC, NY, IL, VA, W.VA, VT, Canada, England, France, Italy, Germany, Holland.
More about me

I am a medical transcriptionist living in Vermont. Married for 33 years (yep, to the same guy), with two grown daughters, 1 of whom is married. No grandkids yet but we have a grand-cat! I have 2 pugs that are surrogate children and much less trouble than the human kind!  ;-) We also have a cat that is indifferent to us, unless it is feeding time, and appears destined to live forever.

Activities
Writing romantic fiction. Reading. Walking and aerobic exercise. Cooking and wines. Bird watching. Browsing in used book stores. Antiquing. Museums, especially art and natural history. Picking vegetables in our garden. Wine-tasting. Attending professional hockey games and college football and basketball games. Computers. Sudoku and crossword puzzles. Movies. Eating out.
Favorite Charities
VT Campaign to End Childhood Hunger, Ronald McDonald House, Pug Rescue, Greyhound Rescue.
Favorite Music
Joni Mitchell, Suzanne Vega, U2, 50s and 60s, big band, jazz, classical, just about anything except rap, hip hop or C&W.
Favorite TV Shows
Mystery shows from the BBC--Midsommer Murders, Miss Marple, Poirot (David Suchet), Sherlock Holmes (Jeremy Brett), Foyle's War, Deadwood, Rome, The Tudors, Outer Limits, Twilight Zone, Law & Order, House.
Favorite Movies
"Enchanted April", "Amelie", "Eat, Drink, Man, Woman", "The Full Monty", "The Player", most Alfred Hitchcock, "Frailty", "Best in Show", "A Mighty Wind", "Hidalgo", "Harvey", "Shirley Valentine", "Elmer Gantry", "Seven Days in May", "Singing in the Rain", "The Court Jester", "Goodbye Mr. Chips" (Robert Donat version), Monty Python and the Holy Grail", "Monsoon Wedding", "Topsy Turvy", "Gigi", "Bollywood/Hollywood", "The Haunting", "Curse of the Demon", "Air Force One", "L.A. Confidential", "Moonstruck".
Favorite Books
Old favorites are "Jane Eyre", "Pride and Prejudice", "To Kill A Mockingbird", "The Red Tent", all of the Kay Scarpetta novels by Patricia Cornwell, "The Lovely Bones", "The Age of Innocence", The Poldark novels by Winston Graham, the Anne of Green Gables series (yep, I still read them!), Stephen King, especially "The Stand", "The Shining" and "Needful Things", "Fortunes Rocks", "The Pilot's Wife", The "Outlander" series by Diana Galbaldon. When I'm in the mood for something less serious, romance, fantasy or mystery: the Highlander series by Karen Moning, any of Johanna Lindsay's, Linda Howard's, Tami Hoag's or Kat Martin's books.
Favorite Quotes
"It's easier to get forgiveness than permission." "How wonderful opera would be if there were no singers."
Favorite People
My pugs, Scoopy and Bilbo (well...THEY think they're people!)
Favorite Places
Home in VT; Lake George, NY; Portland; ME. Salem, MA, especially on Hallowe'en!; Ashland, OR; San Fransisco, CA; Quebec City; Montreal; Mystic, CT; Alexandria, VA, Disneyland and Disney World, Any Six Flags park (with fast roller coasters!), the Smithsonian, the Shelburne Museum.
Favorite Animals
Dogs, especially Pugs and Greyhounds. Goats, snakes (we had a 3' albino cornsnake named Fluffy), rats (our last two were named Marilla and Mrs. Lynde), the birds at our feeders and the bats that come out at dusk in our yard every night.