KSSunshine's profile

Hometown

Knoxville, Tennessee

Places I've been

Have lived all over the USA (husband trained astronauts during the '60s). Favorite states: TN (of course), Maryland, Virginia, Georgia, Alabama, North Carolina, Colorado and Texas. Least favorite state: California Also visited most of Europe and the North American Continent. Need to see South America.

More about me

When you get to be my age there's a lot to say -- I raised four children, had several successful careers (in real estate, in law, in writing and teaching).

 I was a stay-at-Mom until my children were independent, then a working Mom until two of them graduated from college and left home. Of the other two, one died at age 16 from a cerebral aneurysm and the other is severely retarded/autistic. 

I've loved politics since Eisenhower's campaign in the 50s and over the years have lived in many communities across the USA and worked in politics in each one. I'm a lifelong learner -- when I was raising small children I took correspondence courses in a variety of subjects -- my current interest is Constitutional law.

I could write many pages -- that comes with age, I suspect. I think my current philosophy is "You're never to old to live happily ever after." I'm living that one.

 

 

 

 

Activities

TriDelt Alums, DAR, UDC, Jr. League, political campaigns

Favorite Charities

St. Jude's Hospital, AmVets, American Cancer Society, any charity that helps the disabled, Salvation Army, Red Cross.

Favorite Music

Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Mahler, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Metallica

Favorite TV Shows

The West Wing, Dick Van Dyke Show

Favorite Movies

Dave, The American President, GWTW, anything starring Kate Hepburn and Cary Grant

Favorite Books

Political novels -- Allen Drury's series, Durant's "Story of Civilization, " Daniel Boorstin's books -- "the Discoverers, " "the Creators, " "the Seekers, " "the Americans, " etc. Peter Marshall's "Mr. Jones Meet the Master" and Catherine Marshall's "A Man Called Peter." Books by and about Supreme Court justices. And many, many more.

Favorite Quotes

"A different world cannot be built by indifferent people." Peter Marshall "Advertisements contain the only truths to be relied on in a newspaper." Thomas Jefferson "I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way. " Geo. W. Bush "I don't understand it. Jack will spend any amount of money to buy votes but he balks at investing a thousand dollars in a beautiful painting." Jackie Kennedy (A favorite because it articulates the way Democrats win elections.)

Favorite People

my husband, children and grandchildren

Favorite Places

Sorrento, Modena, Paris, Edinburgh, Berlin, all of Switzerland, Saville, Constantinople, the outer banks of North Carolina, Colorado, the Smoky Mountains -- and wherever I am at the moment.

Favorite Animals

English bulldogs, Weimaraners

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