1. What is your real name? Aleta

2. When is your birthday? July 27, 1972

3. Place of residence? Denver, Colorado

4. Why do you like to chat? It's fun !!

5. What do you do in real life? I'm a reservationist for a telecommunications company based in New York. I set up teleconferences for clients all over the world, from New York to LA to Tokyo to Israel and Europe.

6. What do you do for fun, besides chatting? Swimming w/ my kids and climbing around in the mountains, concerts.

7. Favorite Earth's Children book? It's a tie between COTB and MH mostly because of the actual story in COTB and all the characters in MH. COTB was great, character development was awesome here and MH really brings out the adult emotions of a new relationship for Ayla and Jon. Really LOVE the whole series thus far, where is 5!!!??

8. Least favorite Earth's Children book? I think I would have to say POP only because there was so much more sex and narrative on plants in this one and less story although I still like this book.

9. Favorite Earth's Children character? I really like Talut and Mut, I also liked Rydag because of his effect on everyone with Ayla's help of course and Nezzie and as well as the Sharamadoi too.

10. Favorite H.C.C. moment? I haven't been part of the HCC long (couple of months I guess now) but....... I think need more time on this one because they're all good moments!! :-)

11. Why did you decide to come to the chat in the first place? I'd never gone into a chat room before and I'm an EC fan so thought I'd give it a try. Now I'm addicted you guys !!!!

12. If you were a character in an Earth's Children book, which tribe would you belong to? It's a tie again between the Mamutoi and the Sharamudoi, I loved them both!!!

13. What is your "bird"? I think Liz said I'm a mockingbird. LOL !!

14. What is one thing about yourself that the H.C.C.'s don't know? Well, as a child and adolescent, my parents and family enjoyed buckskinning - the living recreation of the fur trap era. We lived in a tipi, made our clothing and basically acted out the era for a few days at a time. One time, we went to Wyoming for what we call a "National Rendezvous". These are very strict on apparel and such for authenticity in appearance and so on. We got rained out and couldn't get in so ended up camping out a Yellowstone National Park in all our regalia. It was Great!! We walked around in our mountain man and indian outfits, had our pictures taken more than once and even had a naming ceremony for my parents with an arapahoe indian medicine man. A very special time in my life that I will never forget.