here is a little more about me

My occupation is...

retired boat captain Gulf of Mexico oil field. Before that, an industrial research librarian. My friends tell me that my current job is that of MUSE and director of projects for them. Some say I "have great ideas, just too many of them."

I went to College at...

Alabama College in Montevallo AL and University of South Alabama in Mobile AL

My favorite foods are...

cooked Cajun style, spicy. Shrimp cooked any way, crab chowder by my friend Loni, really rare steak, cheese-jalapeno omelette.

I'm currently reading...

CROSS CREEK by Marjorie Rawlings. CONSCIENCE OF A LIBERAL by Paul Krugman (EXCELLENT!!) SECRET GARDENS OF THE VIEUX CARRE by Roy Guste. NEW PAINT MAGIC by Jocasta Innes

Most recent movies I've watched are...

AMAZING GRACE, DAD, APOCALYPTO, AWAY FROM HER, WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY, MY HOUSE IN UMBRIA

When I play games, I play...

on the computer but not online.

My pets are...

2 African grey parrots, a young alpha female B&T dachshund, an old male maltese, a haughty undisciplined female shorthair cat, 2 hardy koi in a small pond

My dream vacations would be...

..hanging out in a villa in the Tuscan countryside...a summer house on the coast of Maine with room for family and friends...a YEAR in the west of Ireland mostly gardening and taking pictures of people and the original cottages and stone walls

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