Relationship

Domestic partnership

Hometown

Lawton, Oklahoma

Places I've been

Washington, Oregon, Mexico (if Tijuana counts), Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, western Canada, Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, New York City, London, Wales, Yorkshire.

Education

• Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, CA, English - 1968 to 1971

More about me

I was born in Oklahoma and our family moved to California when I was five. Nevertheless, I still consider myself an Okie. I have an older sister; my only brother died in 1964 at age 25 in a plane crash when he was in the Navy. I am a teacher in an independent study high school, which means I don't have a classroom. Instead I have a cubicle and see one student an hour, 35 each week. I will retire in 2009 and we hope to move to Washington state, to the Olympia/Tumwater area. I am looking forward to being in a new place and starting a new phase in my life. I hope to take some college classes at one of the local colleges after retirement and try to finally do some writing. I was an English major in college and love to read in a variety of genres and subjects. I support numerous animal rescue and defense groups and have a dog and two cats of my own. I live with my boyfriend of 18 years. I am a staunch Democrat, although the current group in Congress is trying my patience sorely due to their lackadaisical attitude toward the moron in chief and their refusal to impeach him. I have hopes that our country will turn around dramatically once Obama takes over the office.

Favorite Movies

Harvey, Chinatown, Lawrence of Arabia, To Kill a Mockingbird, Crossing Delancey

Activities

reading, walking my dog, birdwatching, emailing friends, driving, a little gambling, watching TV and movies on DVD

Favorite Charities

PAWS (Performing Animal Welfare Society), The Gorilla Foundation, Grey 2K USA (to halt greyhound racing), Animal Place, Farm Sanctuary

Favorite Music

sixties rock mostly, classical, some older folk (Kingston Trio, Peter, Paul and Mary), Beatles, movie themes

Favorite TV Shows

Little People, Big World, Psychic Detectives, The Investigators, A&E Cold Case Files, City Confidential, Law and Order: Criminal Intent, As Time Goes By, Nature

Favorite Books

The Egg and I, The Plague and I, anything by Tom Wolfe, anything by Sarah Vowell, anything by Al Franken

Favorite Quotes

"The future's not certain and the end is always near" from a Doors song "Bush is Poopy" on a bumper sticker

Favorite People

Michael Palin, John Cleese, Judi Dench, Lewis Black, Al Franken

Favorite Places

London, England, the Yorkshire Dales, western Washington, northern California coast

Favorite Animals

American bison, polar bear, Emperor penguin, my dog, cats, birds of any kind

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