- Born on an army base in Kansas during World War II
Raised in a small Texas town - University plus further education in School of Life
- Forty+ years in interior design
- Seventeen years as director of a municipal animal shelter
- Twelve years as vice-chairman of a city zoning variance board
- Fourteen years serving on Texas state animal welfare boards
- Retired from all above
- Three beautiful children, seven spectacular grandchildren
- Artist, writer, family researcher, cook, traveler
- Sister, cousin, mother, Nana, friend
- Listener and recorder of life
