PerpetualVoyager's profile

Hometown

Greenfield, MA

Places I've been

Places I've lived: Syracuse, Amsterdam, Gloversville, Canajoharie and Fort Plain, NY; Pittsfield, Lenox and Greenfield, MA; Warwick and Cranston, RI; Warner Robins, GA; Biloxi, MS; Tucson, AZ and Sunnyvale, CA. Places I've traveled to: most of the continental US except the Pacific northwest; Canada and Mexico. Places I will see before I die: Japan, China, New Zealand, Hawaii, Fiji, the Caribbean and Europe (all of it). Place I want to retire: Paris.

Education

• SUNY College of Environ. Science & Forestry, Landscape Architecture - 2007 to 2008
• Johnson & Wales University, Management - 1975 to 1977
• Greenfield Community College, Liberal Arts - 1984 to 1997

Work

• Target Distribution Center, Warehouse Clerical - 2005 to 2007
• Lee Publications, Proofreader/Typesetter/Graphic Artist - 2000 to 2005
• Stratford Management, Bookkeeper - 1998 to 1999
• The Cross Country Group, Customer Service Representative - 1997 to 1998

More about me

I'm a widow with four wonderful children: Jennifer, Marlena, Diana and Ryan, and three terrific grandchildren: Skye, Jade and Ethan. I am currently working part-time for a staffing agency and taking full-time classes at SUNY ESF, studying to become a Landscape Architect. I've been single since my soulmate Jose died in 1999. I currently live in Syracuse, NY with a grumpy old feline named Vader.

Activities

Concerts, plays, movies, writing, photography.

Favorite Charities

Habitat for Humanity

Favorite Music

Tom Petty, Eric Clapton, Santana, Mozart

Favorite TV Shows

Boston Legal, Survivor, The Amazing Race, Moonlight

Favorite Movies

The Lord of the Rings (all 3), Chocolat, Out of Africa

Favorite Books

Pillars of the Earth, The Lord of the Rings, the Tales of the Otori series, anything by Richard Russo, Barbara Kingsolver, Amy Tan and Diana Gabaldon.

Favorite Quotes

What does not destroy me makes me stronger. No price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself. If you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you ... all from Friedrich Nietzache, who is eminently quotable.

Favorite People

Besides my children and grandchildren? William Shatner, Thomas Jefferson, Dr. Paul Trznadel (one of my college professors), Dr. Ben Wise (a former boyfriend), and of course, my late husband, Jose Patricio Valdenegro.

Favorite Places

NYC, Boston, San Francisco, virtually any bookstore or library.

Favorite Animals

In general, I'm rather partial to wolves...

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