Born and raised in Youngstown OH, I moved with my husband and children to St. Louis in 1977, and divorced in 1994 - though we are still good friends and I am godmother to his new daughter. I worked at McDonnell Douglas and Boeing for 21 years and retired in 2004 to live with my younger daughter's family in rural Illinois. I have another daughter and a son serving his second tour in Iraq

Interests:

Writing, Family Tree Research (10 yrs), my flowers, bird watching including my hummies, caring for five cats (only one is mine) and five dogs (none are mine), my spiritual development, sketching and watercolors, playing mah jhong, reading, tve, movies

Music:

Everything - depending on my mood

Movies:

Actors -Alan Rickman, Nicholas Cage, Dale Midkiff, and Pierce Brosnan. Movies - Mama Mia, Love Comes Softly, Sense and Sensibility

Books:

The Harry Potter series. Regency romances. Histories

Television:

(oldie) Unsolved Mysteries. CNN. Documentaries. Shows or documentaries on England. Ghost Hunters. Antiques Roadshow. Cops