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Married

Hometown

Ridgefield, CT

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Education: BS Seton Hall University Majors: Science and Art

Taught elementary thru Junior High School for 10 years.

MS Counseling Seton Hall

Worked as a counselor- therapist for 20 years.

Post-graduate training- Fordham University in counseling and therapy

Currently working as a professional free-lance Illustrator-Cartoonist

More about me

As a senior, I found that life still has unexpected surprises. Around age 50, my hobby- cartooning and realistic illustration-became a full-time career. My work is now published internationally in books, magazines and used in advertising campaigns.

For relaxation, my husband and I have a houseboat (actually a floating home) and from that we launch our little 'dinghy' to explore the back bays of South Jersey.

I love animals, and am the proud adoptive mother of numerous baby turtles born outside in our garden. We also have water turtles. Most of the turtles have been rescued from problems and injuries created by encroaching development. In the Northeast, they seem to have a compulsion to build on every square inch of land.

EONS is a great site, and I appreciate being part of this place where we can jest and frolic and even cry together----we who've "been there and done that" have something others rarely recognize or may not respect. With age comes wisdom, not that everyone notices, of course. Or maybe I'm just an old geezer. (geezette?)

Activities

boating, fishing, clamming, raising turtles and hermit crabs, gardening, catering to two annoying (but affectionate) cats, and lots of other stuff boring to most

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