Long ago and far away I was born in a tiny town in the Idaho semiwilderness. Dad was in the Navy, so Mother and I ended up in Oklahoma, where she conveniently divorced Dad, remarried and provided me with five more brothers and sisters. I grew up in beautiful Okie Land, moved to Albuquerque NM, which I loved. Everything about it from the Sandia Mountains (watermelon mountains in English) to the Rio Grande-and all the people in between. Moved to Fresno CA in my high school senior year. Hated it. Nuff said. Graduated from college and became an English teacher, which I have now done for (mouth covered and mumbling) years. I live on a small ranch in northeastern California with my husband Dean, two dogs, two cats, four peafowl, 10 chickens and many cows, bulls, and calves. I love my life. My husband is my very best boyfriend. My dog Cruiser is my second best boyfriend. And Mark Knopfler is my third best boyfriend. I wish. I love life, gardening, horses, teaching, MK, reading, and drawing. I hate cleaning house. I love my dear dear friends: Ledy, DeeDee, Val, Jackie, Gayle, Emily, and Addie. "I must proclaim that I love life to distraction!" (Camus)

Teacher, Rancher

Gardening, cattle, reading, writing, the stars (not the hollywood kind), MK bootlegs