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I was raised in Champaign, Illinois
(faculty brat - University of
Illinois). In 1975, I married a wonderful
man, Ron Spohrer - we divorced
after three years, but we remained
friends and kept in contact until his
untimely death in October, 2011.
In 1979 I came to Stanford with
a wonderful
man, Chris Bowen - we split up
after 5 years and he went off to
Greece where he teaches math.
Then, after living together for 5
years, I married Dan
in 1988. He divorced me
"midlife" in December, 2001. I'm
beginning to think it's easier to have
a relationship with my cats (though
they lack one important ability...).
In 1982, I received my
B.A. in French, then
worked at the Stanford Law Library for
20 years. I
now live nearby in the Santa
Cruz Mountains. I enjoy
gardening (for photos, see My Gardens),
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 dialog
(When Harry Met Sally) or plot (Harry
Potter). 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.
©
2011
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: December 20th, 2011
Last checked links: February 6th, 2011
Established: November 26th, 1995
© 2011 Devon Cattell,
Unauthorized use or reproduction prohibited
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