After my husband died of cancer (at age 36), I was left to raise my (then) 6 year old son on my own. In an effort to created a new 2-member family and leave the pain of a tumultuous and stressful time, I pulled my son out of the public school system, packed us up, and backpacked around the world for 9 months. After that first excursion, every two years or so we'd find a new area of the world to explore. It was the kick off to other worldly experiences and a shared life with great admiration for each other. We now continued to celebrate each others' lives on parallel paths of our own journey's...mine continues while his is just beginning.

In one way or another, I've been a educator all my life, and will share anything that I know...I play piano, sew, and have been taking Indian cooking lessons.

Excitement for life. Good energy. Positive outlook. Languages, conversations about anything.

My interests are very varied, really! *I enjoy the extremes of five star hotels and camping under the stars. *Fine wine, to drinking whatever brand is cold. *Riding a motorcycle and riding a horse *A meal of apples, cheese, bread and wine and creating a lovely 5-course meal. *I like to read, have background music playing as I putter around the house or prepare dinner. *I don't watch much TV, which means I'm clueless about professional sports, sit-coms or American Idol...although I love to play tennis, charades and piano!