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I was raised
in
Champaign,
Illinois
(faculty
brat
-
University of Illinois). In 1975, I married a wonderful
man - I
dumped him after three years, but we still keep in contact. I
came to Stanford with a wonderful man - he
dumped me after 5 years and went off to Greece where he teaches
math. Then, after living together for 5 years, I married Dan in 1988.
He dumped me "midlife" in December, 2001. I've had enough of dumping;
I'm ready for a serious relationship with my cats (though
they lack one important ability...).
I
worked
at
the
Stanford
Law
Library
for
20
years
and
I
now
live
nearby
in
the
Santa
Cruz
Mountains.
I
have
a
B.A.
in
French.
I
enjoy
gardening
(mainly
flowers,
but
some
vegetables).
I
like
to
listen
to
books
on
tape
(mysteries)
and
watch old films
especially ones from the 40's and 50's
(Hitchcock,
Cary
Grant, Bogart, Thin Man movies, . . .) and even occasionally newer ones if anyone bothers to
write good
dialogs (When Harry Met Sally) or plot (Harry Potter). Singing was my
passion, but I don't do that any more. My current
passion is animal photography. You can see some of my shots below
in My Animal Photos.
My
Family
Here are
some photos of my family over the years.
You
can
tell
we're
Cattell's,
we're
swell!
; - )
I've
compiled
a
memorial
to
my
Father,
who
passed
away on February 2, 1998, here.
I've
posted
the
Cattell
coat
of
arms
(from
3
different
sources)
in
Word
format
here.
I
had
posted
a
family
tree
here,
but
because
of
people's
concerns
about
privacy
I've
removed
it
-
sorry! Email me if you have questions
about it.
©
2010 Devon
Cattell,
Unauthorized use or
reproduction prohibited
(In case you don't have legal counsel at hand, this means feel free to
print my photos, but not to sell them)
Birding
Sites
You
can
see
some
of
my
bird
photography
in
the
My
Animal
Photos section above.
*I'm
published
!
*
The
local
Audubon
Society
published
an
article
I
wrote
in
their
March/2002
issue,
"Birding
with
Bad
Eyesight".
ENature.com has great field guides
for birds and other wildlife. Also, you can access local area
specific wildlife guides by entering your zip code.
There
are
great
photos
of
many
local
birds
at
this
Stanford
site:
http://www.stanford.edu/~petelat1/
If
you
want
to
go
birding
in
the
Bay
Area,
many
local
birding
and
hiking
events
are
listed
on
this
birding
calendar.
My
Motto
There
is no
accounting
for
taste
- taste is subjective.
Or as Ricky Nelson said:
"You can't please everyone, so
you've got to please yourself."
My
father's variation on this was:
"To all of us
there come days when
the earth is stale,
flat
and
tedious...at
that
extremity
of
misanthropy
some
men
start
a
revolution
and
others
take
to
drink;
but
for
my
part
I
go
to
sea.
Every
man
to
his
own
recreation."
 Click here if you want
to email me.
Last modified: August 16th, 2010
Last checked
links: April 7th, 2010
Established: November
26th,
1995
© 2010
Devon
Cattell, Unauthorized use or
reproduction prohibited
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