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Have always lived in Massachusetts. Changed careers at 30 and never regretted it. (Involved going back to graduate school). Enjoy traveling, have done it over vacations in the past, less so in recent years. I'd particularly like to get back to The British Isles, the American southwest, and my visits to Washington DC. I still go to the occasional concert, usually Richard Thompson. Reading is a first love, has been since childhood, that's why the book groups were my first choices.

Favorite Charities

Salvation Army, N.E.Shelter for Homeless Veterans

Favorite Music

Richard Thompson, Peter Gabriel, Beatles, U2, Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, Cheryl Wheeler, Samples, Waterboys, Midnight Oil, Bruce Cockburn, light classical/chamber music, some jazz--Keith Jarrett Koln Concert, folk, folk/rock

Favorite TV Shows

Torchwood, XFiles, Farscape, CSI(LV), Medium, Wire in the Blood(BBC America), Closer, Cold Case, Cash in the Attic, mystery Monday on BBC America, PBS mysteries, House, West Wing, Joan of Arcadia

Favorite Movies

Truly Madly Deeply, Nashville, Best in Show, 12 O'Clock High, Serpico, Chinatown, All the President's Men, the Ghost and Mrs Muir, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Field of Dreams, The Big chill, Downfall, many John Sayles films

Favorite Books

Vanity Fair, Pride and Prejudice, Death Comes for the Archbishop, Tony Hillerman's books, Charles Todd's mysteries, Dakota by Kathleen Norris, Mountains Beyond Mountains by Tracy Kidder, Pickwick Papers and other Dickens, Harry Potter (especially the last 3 books) and I'm sure I'll think of more I'll have add.

Favorite Quotes

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans

Favorite Places

London, the west of Ireland, the American southwest, "antiquing" around Essex County, road trips with friends

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