More about Me
If you've been to the main page of my website, you already know the basics about me: I'm an artist, art teacher, amateur genealogist, gardening enthusiast, animal lover and independent researcher in Virginia. I'm also an "INFP". But since you're here, I guess you're as curious about people as I am! |  |
When I was growing up, summer vacations meant traveling with my parents and staying in campgrounds. Our most frequent destination was coastal Maine, but the "road(s) less traveled" also led to most major historical sites up and down the East Coast, quaint villages, interesting people and stunning scenery. And yes, that's a sketchbook on my lap in the picture!
I'm a 1979 magna cum laude graduate of Bridgewater College in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, earning a BA in Studio Art and with electives in just about everything! To me, a liberal arts education is like a smorgasboard for the mind--I'm intensely curious, I've always loved to think, and I've always loved to learn.
College pics, featuring theatre and art--of course!
I worked in a therapeutic rec field with elderly and handicapped adults for four years after I graduated from college and it was a wonderfully rewarding experience. One Halloween, the residents and I wrote and acted in a short play and invited preschool children to the nursing facility to see it.
After my children were born, I stayed home until they were both in school. I did a LOT of commissioned artwork, designed and marketed cross-stitch kits (with retailers in three states), and first began learning about computers, while doing recordkeeping (from home) for small businesses. During this time I also went back to school to become licensed to teach Art in grades K-12.
I started working in a public elementary school in 1992, and since 1999 I've taught art at the private college-prep school where the movie "Toy Soldiers" was filmed! My 8th - 12th grade students are absolutely ART-RAGEOUS and it's such a joy to work with them! I also used to teach at a wonderful summer arts camp for younger kids.
I'm in partnership with several fine online stores, earning commissions from sales made through my website. If you regularly shop online, please bookmark my "cybermall" and do your online shopping right here!
I'm also blessed with a number of wonderful furkids.
I know I can't save them all, but too many wonderful--but unwanted--animals are dying in shelters. Fully one quarter of all abandoned cats and dogs are purebreds--including my favorites, Siamese. Rescue organizations do what they can, but there just aren't enough adopters or foster homes to deal with the number of animals who are abandoned each year. PLEASE spay or neuter your pets, make arrangements for your pets' continued care if they should survive you, and consider adopting a homeless cat or dog! Visit your local animal shelter or use the links below to find your new best "furriend"!
Petfinder.com
I enjoy gardening, digital photography, web design, writing, reading, genealogy research, and contra dancing and I can honestly say that I'm never, ever bored! Even if there's "nothing to do," there's always something to think about! I've always been drawn to eclectic spirituality and metaphysics...
...and experiences over the years
have greatly influenced--and continue to direct--
the way that I view life....
“Each time a man stands up for an ideal, or acts to improve the lot of others, or strikes out against injustice,
he sends forth a tiny ripple of hope, and crossing each other from a million different centers of energy and daring,
those ripples build a current that can sweep down the mightiest walls of oppression and resistance.”
~ Robert Kennedy
The following links will tell you even more!
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