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was born Elaine Devon Cattell,
- I'm only wearing black until they make something darker -
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I grew up 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 feature...).
I live in the hills near Santa Cruz, California. I have a B.A. in French. I enjoy gardening (mainly flowers, but some vegetables). Singing was my passion, but I don't do that any more. I like to listen to books on tape (mysteries) and watch old flicks from the 40's and 50's (Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Bogart, Thin Man movies, . . .) and even occasionally newer ones, and sometimes watch Animal Planet or sci-fi TV shows (Star Trek-all generations, Red Dwarf, Avengers . . .).
I had posted a family tree here, but because of people's concerns about privacy I've removed it - sorry!
I've compiled a memorial to my Father, who passed away on February 2, 1998, here.
Here are a few photos of us:
Photos of My Gardens
Here is my current garden on a hill
overlooking a
redwood forest.
My Favorite Local Garden, Filoli
Links - Here are my favorite gardening links:
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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.
Two helpful music information sites are Lyrics World and Harmony Central.
I've found that lyrics sites disappear so quickly that it's best to just Google the song title or artist.
Here are my favorite movie/actor/actress searching links:
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Click here if you want
to email me.
Last modified: July
15, 2008
Last checked
links: February
14, 2008
Established: November
26,
1995