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Hometown

Portland, Oregon is home; Indiana and Virginia

Places I've been

Almost every state in United States, China, Europe, Canada, South of the Border.

Education

• Portland State University, Lewis & Clark College, English, Education - 1968 to 1995

Work

• Montana and Oregon Public Schools; NPR, English, ESL, Journalism Teacher, Poet, Writer - 1973 to 2008

More about me

I'm a retired English teacher who hasn't stopped since she "graduated" from the profession!  Retirement is sometimes just exhausting, don't you think?  Whew!

You know how when 1984 arrived, it made you feel kind of old?  Well, I'm 66, twp years beyond "When I'm 64" so, every now and then, I feel a twinge, a realization that they weren't kidding when they said this was not a rehearsal we were dealing with here.  (Talk about cliches - but if it fits, wear it, I guess.)  I've recently come to the monumental decision that I should find and fall in love with just one more wonderful hunk of man before I reach The End.  And I've been trying, with somewhat disastrous results.  I spent 23 plus years living alone and liking it, so it's possible that either, as my friend says, my partner picker is broken, or I really don't have a clue about how to get Mine.  I remain commited, however, knowing that somewhere out there is my Lover to Be.  He'll have this amazing sense of humor: You know, the kind that makes you laugh like a horse snorting loud comments.  And he'll be intelligent, of course (the man, not the horse), but he'll never let me know how much more intelligent he is than this Eggheaded twit.  He will have a great ass, too; I like great asses.  He'll love big, gutsy women, and he'll long to sing with me in the shower.  What do you think?  Will I find my One True Love in this life?

I have a wonderful daughter, a beautiful and talented musician, who does not particularly share my enthusiasm for finding a fellow water sprite for me.  She has to bite her tongue a lot lately, especially when she's tempted to say "Mom!  Go to your room!" too often.  I do try her patience.  Poor child.  It's very hard to keep still when you see someone attempting a tightrope walk in the rain, cane in hand.

You were simply dahling to read this long.  Enough of this schmoozing.  I'm on to the next victim.  Later!

  

Activities

writing fiction and poetry, reading almost anything, serving on the board of directors for Portland Art Museum's Native American Art Council, creating web pages for Native and other budding entrepreneurs, representing Native and other artists, enjoying all kinds of music, giving poetry potluck parties for lovers of poetry, traveling, walking, stamp art

Favorite Charities

American Cancer Society, American Lung Association, Salmon Recovery

Favorite Music

All music, Native American, Classical, Cuban, Blues, Pop, New Age, Asian, African, my daughter's

Favorite TV Shows

Public Radio, Lost, Jeopardy, Desperate Housewives, Ugly Betty, Boston Legal, Grey's Anatomy, Doctor Who, Nova, Antiques Roadshow, The Simpsons, Rick Steves' Europe, BBC World News, Globe Trekker, 20/20

Favorite Movies

2001 Space Odyssey, Wizard of Oz, E.T., Smoke. Business of Fancy Dancing, Signals, Philadelphia, In the Heat of the Night, Forest Gump, Diary of Anne Frank, Big, Gandhi, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Elephant Man, Carousel, South Pacific, King of Hearts, Picnic, Miracle on 34th Street, Christmas Carol, Killing Fields, To Kill a Mockingbird, Raise the Red Lantern, among many others

Favorite Books

The Works of William Shakespeare, The Works of Mark Twain, The Works of Charles Dickens, Beowulf, The Bhagavad Gita, I Sing the Body Electric, The Big Sky, The Woman Warrier, The Bone Setter's Daughter, The Living Reed, Joy Luck Club, The Bean Trees, Never Let Me Go, Possessing the Secret of Joy, Kindred, The Peculiar Institution, To Live, Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Secret Life of Bees, Coyote Blue, Siddhartha, Unless, Prairie Nocturne, The Hours, The Positronic Man, Tracks, Winter in the Blood, Ten Little Indians, Stay Away Joe, The Way to Rainy Mountain, The Sacred Hoop, Coyote Was Going There, Wicked, Son of a Witch, The Left Hand of Darkness, More Than Human, The Red Tent, Things Fall Apart, Heart Mountain, River Cross My Heart, Death of Ben Linder, I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream

Favorite Quotes

Every expert was once a beginner.

Favorite People

Lucy Crenshaw Imano, Nico Wind Cordova, Javier and Charlie Tabera, Mary Bothwell, Maggie Rose, Keatings, Abe Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, John Kennedy, Barrack Obama, Bill Clinton, Barbara Jordon, Amy Tan, Chief Joseph, Geronimo, Joanne Shenandoah, Bill Miller, Bruce and Brenda Nelson, Margaret Morin, Hope Coulter, Kathryn Ehlers, Ed Edmo, Adrian Larvie, Paul Erickson, Iggie Morin, Karen Hass, Clayton Hawley, Deb Hunter, Connie Literal, Tien and Quy Nguyen, Arlie Neskahi, Barb Stross, Kelly Scott, Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, Shakespeare, Ly Chheng Tang, Mary Oliver,

Favorite Places

Portland, Oregon, St. George, Virginia, Shanghai, China, Hong Kong, China, London, England, Paris, France, Cuba, San Francisco, Phoenix, Victoria, B.C.,

Favorite Animals

hummingbirds, Ravens, Coyotes, dogs, horses, dragonflies, butterflies, whales, dolphins,

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