About The Author

 

Wouldn’t it be awesome if chocolate was the cure for everything? Not that I am a big fan of chocolate but a truffle a day sounds quite medicinal. Dark chocolate is suppose to be good for you – so is red wine, which totally blows that theory that only bad things are good for you or is it only good things are bad for you.

So I am supposed to write something about myself that gives the reader a glimpse into my persona. It is hard to know what really to put here – do I reveal too much or say too little? Am I mysterious or an open book? Am I happy, sad, thoughtful, retrospective, etc., etc.?

Let me say up front that I’m not that good in the kitchen. I do like to cook but I get easily sidetracked and the food suffers. Yes, I put on the timer and all that good stuff but it doesn’t help if one ignores the annoying dinging when the timer says the time is up. Right now I have sausage links out there cooking – imagine they are about done cuz the timer went off a little bit ago.

I have never been married. I could give a million jejune reasons but the truth is that I didn’t want a husband when my son was young – I wanted him to have my full attention. When my son moved out, I didn’t want one because it was my time to be selfish. At this juncture of my life, I am still undecided – guess it would depend on a lot of things.

While I have five sisters and one brother that are all living, my folks and grand folks on both sides are dead. I envy those people who still have a parent or grandparent who gives wonderful advice and talks about the “old” days. Somehow I feel very cheated but then I think of my son who also has no grandparents and I feel angry that he was cheated of such a necessity. Life is hard enough without adding the loss of your support system.

States I’ve been to are numerous – I love to travel. I was born & raised in Iowa – lived 8 years in FL and moved back to Iowa last year.  I enjoy photography, hiking, swimming, horse back riding, and a zillion other things. Most of the things I enjoy can be done alone or with others – I don’t like large crowds and often prefer my own company. I will never be accused of being the life of the party – I’m not much for getting drunk and will never do drugs.

My job at the moment is working in law enforcement as a 911 operator. Most of you have read my 911 posts so know what that entails. It isn’t the job I hope to have forever but right now it pays the bills.

Well, I don’t know if this is too much or not enough…I do know my sausages are burning so I will stop for now.