So.   Something “about”  me – huh?  I think it’s a bit redundant since this blog is basically all about me; at least what I am thinking about, find amusing, interesting, disgusting, what-have-you.  But let’s give a quick overview:

1. Woman in mid-life (really, this is a sucky great stage of life…..REALLY!)
2. Married for almost 39 years (yes, I WAS a child bride, thanks for asking) to my best friend
3. Two grown children and six grandchildren
4. Hail from New England and love it, except for the dark, gray, cold winters
5. LONG to live AT the ocean and not 4-5 miles inland
6. Inordinate fear of heights, speed, amusements rides, motion & flying (clearly a Sensory Integration problem that I’ve learned to live with by this point in life)
7. I <heart> music – it is my passion.  A little bit country and a little bit rock & roll.  Not that I can play much (or heaven forbid, sing at all) but I know good music when I hear it
8. I love going to see musicians and singer-songwriters perform LIVE as much as possible
9. I am an expert “chair-dancer” as a result of #8
10. Some would say I am obsessed with music – but I prefer to call it an “enthusiastic connoisseur”
11. In my copious amounts of spare time I like to read (yes, books) and go online, and I have varied interests in history, cultural anthropology, ethnic food & cooking, gardening, floral design, hand crafts, graphic design and photography
12. I am passionate about social justice issues such as health care (universal), child welfare, poverty and economic injustice and LGBT rights
13. I love animals – all kinds – but I am a “cat person” at heart.  We have two at present: Benny & Joon.  I will probably be an old crazy cat lady some day in the very far-off future
14. We also have a bear, a moose, a sofa, a dog.  All 130ish pounds of a Bernese Mountain dog.  I wanted a small dog I could bathe in the kitchen sink.  This is a “don’t ask – don’t tell” situation.
15. Dark chocolate only, thanks.