I love the "shell" art of MARGARET FURLONG and used to collect her sweet little angels. I love flowers, any flowers, but especially PURPLE ones. I love my GARDENS and wrote a poem about them, just recently. I actually love just about anything purple. There's a poem I need to find to put here, called, "When I Am Old, I Shall Wear Purple." It just about says it all, folks, and I'm sitting here in my purple skort and lavender shirt. Even my W.W.J.D. bracelet is purple. But here is a guy who likes purple even more than I do, his name is PURPAUL. Do you think I have a favorite Fortune 500 Company? Yes, I do, it's AMGEN but almost STEELCASE because they are the makers of my favorite computer chair, the Criterion, which is upholstered...Purple, of course. It's a beauty!!

My dreams? Well, a short term one, when I first did this page, was a BAREFOOT CRUISE which we accomplished several years ago with some really neat friends. We were on the Mandalay for 2 FABULOUS weeks. Last year, we went on the HOLLAND AMERICA 12 day cruise of my dreams with my sister and her husband. Our trip was to 6 countries around the Black Sea. You can see our pictures HERE if you would like. A WHISTLER ski trip in February with family is something we look forward to each year and the ultimate retirement dream is happening right here, right now at TORCH LAKE enjoying the sunsets with my sweetheart husband, of 45 years.