About Me

  • About Me: retired teacher of Spanish; writer of poetry and prose; reading tutor

Travel

  • Places I love: Spain, England
  • Places I've been: Spain, Germany, Japan, Hawaii, England, Mexico, Costa Rica
  • Places to see before I die: Caribbean beaches; Ireland
  • Dream Vacation: Spain

Television

  • Favorite Shows: What Not to Wear; Freestyle
  • Favorite Channels: TLC and HGTV
  • Favorite Reruns: Mash, Waltons
  • Most Addictive Show: What Not to Wear

Food

  • Favorite Dishes: everything my mother cooks, except the green bean/corn thing
  • Favorite Desserts: key lime pie; sour cream sugar cookies; fresh sliced peaches with chocolate cake
  • Favorite Drinks: hazelnut coffee; port with dark chocolate
  • Favorite Junk Foods: Pringle's Selects tomato basil potato chips
  • Favorite Restaurants: Johnny Carino's; Oxford Street
  • Foods I hate: liver; fishy fish

Style

  • Where I shop: WalMart and catalogs
  • Brands I love: Coldwater Creek; Chadwicks
  • I like to wear: soft stuff in bright colors and black

Music

  • Favorite Genre: classical; contemporary Christian; 60's rock
  • Favorite Songs: anything by the Beach Boys

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: Man of LaMancha; First Knight
  • Movies I can watch over and over: see above

Books

  • Favorite Authors: C.S. Lewis, Ron Hansen, Mary Oliver, Philip Yancey, Kathleen Norris
  • Favorite Genres: poetry, memoir, Bible study
  • Favorite Quotes: "Everything shouts aloud, 'He made us!'" St. Augustine; "Teach us to number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom." Psalm 90:12
  • Recent Reads: An Offering of Uncles, by Robt F. Capon; Prayer, does it make any difference? by P. Yancey; The Bible Jesus Read, by P. Yancey

High School

  • School Name: Tascosa High School
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1966
  • Organizations: Spanish Club, National Honor Society

College

  • School Name: Texas Tech University - Lubbock
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1982
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): BSEd
  • Minor(s): teaching fields of Spanish and Reading