wittyorwise's profile

Places I've been

birthplace - Lincoln Nebraska, then to San Francisco, and on to Hillsborough CA, San Luis Obispo CA, Atascadero CA, Manhattan Kansas, Pittsburgh PA, Idaho Falls Idaho, Santa Cruz CA, Carmel CA, Seattle WA, San Diego CA, all those are places I have lived but I've travelled all over the US except Florida, Alaska and the upper New England States and I've travelled some in Canada and Mexico. I really love being in England, Hawaii, and visiting Yosemite, Mt Rainier, the Grand Tetons, Mt Rushmore, and the Appalachian Mountains.

Education

• attended 3 schools before I got my Bachelors - 1970 to 1971

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Witty or Wise, aka wow - asperations, not actuality.   

 

Favorite Charities

Down Syndrome Association, Anything that helps children, Salvation Army, and Habitat for Humanity

Activities

Most interested in: Life and the universe

Favorite Music

Pre 20th Century 'classical', Cajun/Zydeco, Blue Grass, Old time Rock and Roll, Nat King Cole, music from Oh Brother Where Art Thou, Simon and Garfunkel, Willie Nelson, Folk music from the 60's and 70's, South African music

Favorite TV Shows

Not much.

Favorite Movies

Mostly movies with a lot of humor and little violence.

Favorite Books

SAND COUNTY ALMANAC - Leopold, WALKING TO CANTERBURY - J Ellis, THIS HOUSE OF SKY - I Doig, THE THURBER CARNIVAL - Thurber, Gore Vidal - all, MIDNIGHT'S CHILDREN - Rushdie, Pearl Buck, ORIGINS RECONSIDERED - Leakey & Lewin, THE HOLOGRAPHIC UNIVERSE - M Talbot, ORIGINAL BLESSINGS - M Fox, BROTHERS KARAMOZOV - Dostoyevski, PAINTED BIRD - J Kosinski, EMMA - Austen, JANE EYRE - C Bronte, WUTHERING HEIGHTS - E Bronte, EVEN COWGIRLS GET THE BLUES - T Robbins, A PRAYER FOR OWEN MEANY - J Irving, SECRET LIFE OF BEES - Sue Monk Kidd, LIFE OF PI - Y Martel, LONGITUDE - Sobel, IN SEARCH OF SCHRODINGER'S CAT - Gribbin, CONSIDER THE LEMMING - Steig, GRIFFIN & SABINE - Bantock, Mysteries, Dictionaries, Atlases, Calvin & Hobbes, and for my grandchildren -THE SECRET GARDEN and WIND IN THE WILLOWS.

Favorite Quotes

"There is no one in the world better than you - there is no one worse. You can only be better or worse than the potential you were given." Dad, "When you're down - walk tall." Mom, "If God had to give a woman wrinkles, He might at least have put them on the soles of her feet" Nino de Lenclos, "Democracy is a device that ensures that we shall be governed no better than we deserve." also "Imagination is the beginning of creation, you imagine what you desire, you will what you imagine, and at last, you create what you will." G B Shaw, "A sense of curiosity is nature's original school of education" Smiley Blanton, "The longest journey is the journey inward" Dag Hammarskjold,

Favorite People

My family and friends are my all time favorites, and then, at random: Gandhi, Eleanore Roosevelt, Socrates, JS Bach, Einstein, the Princess Dianna, Audrey Hepburn, Ben Franklin, Lincoln, Eisenhower, Nelson Mandela, Jimmy Carter, John Denver, Robert Redford, Jane Goodall, Napoleon, Leonardo da Vinci, Alechinsky, S B Anthony and E Cady Stanton, Tom Robbins, Gore Vidal, Al Gore, Rosie O'Donnel, Norman Vincent Peale, Marlon Brando, Irene Dunn, Jesus, Mohammed, Budha, Arthur Conan Doyle, Mama Cass, and of course - Santa Claus

Favorite Places

Plymouth - England, Any shore with mountains close by, Yosemite, the Black Hills, a bookstore or library, Horse ranches and also farms with chickens and dairy cows, San Francisco, New York, New Orleans and Lincoln Nebraska, On the sofa with my grandchildren, Bach concert, Art - Science - Natural History - Photography museums, Balboa Park, Golden Gate Park, Central Park, On the grass at night - looking up at the stars, In a rocking chair - watching the sunset

Favorite Animals

Arabian Horses, Dogs, Cats - domestic and wild - especially lions, Dolphins, California Sea Lions, and Whales, Lady bugs and Butterflies, Humming birds, Eagles, Pelicans, Elephants, and our closest relatives - the Chimps

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