I was born in and grew up in the Chicago, IL area and currently reside
south of Chicago in Manteno, IL. I have two bachelors degrees from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL and have been working as an analyst (meaning I continually ask questions until people tell me to either shut up or go away) in the federal government for about the past 20 years. I'm married to Bill and have two lovely children,Gabrielle and Jeremy. The kids are both still pretty young, so life is pretty chaotic in our house. We also have a couple of dogs that alternately provide companionship and add to the chaos.
My primary passion is music and I have slowly been letting my growing music collection chew up the memory on my computer. I've been writing poetry since I was 9 or 10 and have had some of my poems published in a few places.
I love to sew and do needlepoint whenever I have spare time, which is not
very often. I recently acquired a really nice camera, and plan to add
"photographer" to my resume because I can't be a federal employee forever.