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 remained friends and kept in contact until his untimely death on October 19th, 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 (you can see mine below in 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 in the column to the left and many more below in My Animal Photos. 

Here are some photos of my family over the years. 
You can tell we're Cattell's, we're swell!
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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.