Broad Ripple

Vacation Guide

Woodland HS - Streator, IL

Joliet Jr College - Joliet, IL

Lifetime music lover of everything from the 50's to current day (well, we could leave out disco!), die-hard true-blue Colts fan, movie afficiando, puzzle solver, crafter extraordinaire, singer/songwriter/guitar player, video gamer, gardner, world traveller, political activist (mostly through my spoken opinions), travel guide (my current chosen profession), avid reader of fact & fiction, student of life, promoter of peace, lover of my fellow brothers & sisters on this earth (no matter how disgusted I get with them sometimes!), artist, wife of 20+ years, mother of 3 grown sons, 2 stepsons, 1 stepdaughter (& all their friends!), grandmother of many, free spirted child of the 60's... may I never grow up!

Journalism, Film, Art, Music, crafts, sports, family, politics, the environment, Science, games, Gardening, Literature, The Internet, space, festivals, nutrition, biology, geneology, travelling, math, Genetics, hiking & camping, vending, story-telling, seeker of new experiences, food lover, drinker & smoker, defender of the downtrodden, believer in our freedoms and our constitutional rights being upheld, open minded seer of both sides, & hopeless romantic