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Hometown

Born Santa Monica, CA. Raised in Oroville and Capay, CA and graduated from Chico Sr. High, Chico, CA in 1965.

Places I've been

High School Name (City, State)
Chico Sr. High School, Chico, CA
College Name
Have attended University of Nebraska, Kearney, NE and Central Community College, Holdrege Campus Dental "A" School U.S. Naval Training Center, San Diego, CA Parks School of Business, Denver, CO
College Graduation Year
Graduated from Parks School of Business in Denver in 1972 on Dean's Honor Roll.
College Graduation Major/Concentration
Dental Assisting
Occupation(s)
Dental Technician, Denture Department (civilian) Chairside Assistant, U.S. Navy Cafe owner, manager, cook, waitress Bartender, waitress (in same establishment) Fur seamstress Bookkeeper, inventory clerk in automobile dealership Self-employed home sales (crystal and glass, rubber stamps and liquid embroidery) Self-employed freelance writer and regional correspondent for a daily newspaper (This job I have held for 19 years. I am working on my 20th then will retire.)

More about me

Married 38 years to Skip, Mother--two children, Marlis, age 38, Trevor, age 31, Pet Lover, 2 indoor dogs, 2 indoor cats, 4 outdoor cats. Herb gardener, poet, freelance writer, regional correspondent for a daily newspaper, bead artist, rubber stamp enthusiast, general crafts person, collector of many things including whopper dust bunnies, Parish Ministry Associate for the Nebraska Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, member Nebraska Zeta Eta, Stamford, Beta Sigma Phi, Int'l.

Favorite TV Shows

All CSIs, NCIS, Womens Murder Club (I've read, or listened to via books-on-tape, all of the series of books by James Patterson upon which this series is based.), Cold Case, Numbers, House, the hospital series with Dr. McSteamy (Patrick Dempsey), Heroes, Criminal Justice, Dancing With The Stars

Favorite Music

Any kind except gangsta, extemporaneous jazz and the really nasally bluegrass. I can even handle small amounts of head banger, garage band, alternative and some of the other newer genres.

Favorite Charities

Local food bank/clothing store, the church I attend, Lutheran Family Services, Lutheran World Relief, Girl Scouts of America, Boy Scouts of America, Breast Cancer Fund.

Activities

Volunteer at our local food bank/clothing center, lay minister/adult Sunday school session leader, member district pastor's bible study, member area writer's- artists-musician's group.

Favorite Movies

Star Wars (all six), The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, The Harry Potter series, The Pelican Brief, Independence Day, Men In Black I and II, The Babysitter (Vin Diesel is soooo....), The Highlander, anything with Sean Connery like League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, just about anything with Patrick Swayze like Road House and Dirty Dancing, and almost anything with Samuel L. Jackson. Oh yes, The gray-haired guy, Sam ?, that starred with Patrick Swayze in Road House. He is just as bone shivery as Swayze is. I like his movies too. He played a supporting role in Night Rider.

Favorite Books

All of Anne McCaffrey's P.E.R.N. series and also her series that began with the trilogy "To Ride Pegasus." I have collected all the PERN books including all the peripherals I can get my hands on. I also have a 1970s boxed set of Lord of the Rings, the whole Harry Potter set so far, and a few others. As if you couldn't tell, I like science fiction and fantasy, mysteries and murder mysteries as well as cozies. I adore Lillian Jackson Braun and the Cat Who series. I'm also an ardent fan of the alphabet mystery A is for, B is for, series, and the numbered "Stephanie Plum" mysteries. Right now I cannot think of the authors' names, of course.

Favorite Quotes

Not sure where these came from but they are favorites of mine none-the-less. Just know I do not claim credit for them, other than the very last. "The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with." "Eliminate and Abolish Redundancy." "Life is the trip, not the destination." "Cyberspace scared me so much I downloaded in my pants." "A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. Now, on my desk I have a work station..." "Say your prayers, but don't expect God to do all the work." "Home is where fur sticks to everything but the cat." "God didn't say we couldn't have roses. He just didn't promise they wouldn't have thorns." -Diana L. Lambson, June 1998

Favorite People

Maya Angelou, Dr. Donovan Welch, PH.D, (Professor of English and Philosophy at the Univ. of Nebraska at Kearney, Kearney, NE.), Carolyn Scheidies, author and good friend, Terri Weathers, sister of my heart and other half of me, my husband Skip and our children Marlis and Trevor, former Nebraska Gov. Ben Nelson, Hastings Tribune area editor Andy Raun, nicest boss anyone could have, even if he is 25+ years younger than me.

Favorite Places

Northern California, the Pacific Coast, south central Wisconsin near Rio, Portage and Baraboo, the Republican River Valley in Nebraska, the Rocky Mountains, Denver, the Redwoods, Pittsburgh, Tampa Bay area (the only place I've ever been in Florida).

Favorite Animals

Cats, dogs, horses, rabbits, anything but snakes, spiders and some other bugs. They are all God's creatures and therefore wonderful. Some are just more wonderful than others.

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