Fun Facts
When he was in his fifties, my dad took up gliding and had his own plane. : I was thrilled to glide with my dad over Miami, but wouldn’t allow him to make loops. I also glided silently over glaciers in Gstaad, Switzerland, amazed at the grace, beauty, and silence, slicing through what felt like heaven.
I’m an adventurer. Scuba diving, bicycling through Europe, yoga in Iceland and Panama, skiing out West, canoeing in the springs of Florida. But you’ll never find me jumping out of an airplane.
Iceland Yoga Trip with My Best Beloved
I joined Team in Training of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society, raising funds to support blood cancer research, and completing multiple century bike rides. At the time, the miracle drug—Gleevec—was discovered as a treatment and possible cure for Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML), a blood cancer previously known as a death sentence. Later, while training for my first half marathon, I was diagnosed with CML. Call it fate or bizarre coincidence! A second-generation CML drug saved my life. After five years of treatment and nearly a decade post-treatment, I’m considered cured.
Our son Benji is the go-to person about anything concerning fishing, ancient civilizations, and a wide variety of little-known facts. He’s one of the team at Atlanta’s best barbeque joint, Community-Que BBQ. Just ask for Benji!
My talented, lovely stepdaughter and three amazing grandchildren are sources of joy, fun, and love.
Here we are, waiting to board the ferry from St. Mary’s to Cumberland Island, Georgia.
I was one of the nerdy students who hated boring multiple-choice exams but loved nothing better than assignments of 30+ page term papers requiring lots of research! All my friends would sigh when I declined social invitations to hole-up in the library instead. Bliss.
I keep inspirational quotes above my laptop. Three of my favorites are:
When we don’t sacrifice for what we want, what we want becomes the sacrifice.
-- Urs Baumgartner
Never give up, for that is just the place and time that the tide will turn.
-- Harriet Beecher Stowe
Do not go where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Canoe Trip with Girlfriends at Ichetucknee Springs
My parents took me and my three siblings camping in a trailer we named Togetherness. We visited every state in the country except Hawaii and Alaska. Now, I lack only a trip to Alaska to have visited all fifty states.
I won a blue ribbon for my 8th grade science project where for months I bred black and white mice in our garage to demonstrate Mendel’s Basic Principles of Genetics. He used peas to demonstrate his theory, but breeding mice seemed much more interesting to me at the time. After one died of old age, I dissected it to see what was beneath all that fur! But I only told my parents about its proper burial.
I can’t get out of bed without a good cup of java, the New York Times on-line, and some heady spiritual readings.
Me, after day-long bike adventures along the Loire and in Provence, France
My husband took up rock climbing in his 60’s! He’s made the news at Atlanta’s Stone Summit by becoming the oldest person to pass lead climbing certification.
We’ve been married for 38 years packed with adventures. And he’s one of my critique group buddies, too!
