ABOUT ME
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I grew up in Massachusets at the end of a dirt road near the top of a steep hill. Every Saturday morning, the bookmobile stopped at the botton of that steep hill. Every week, I lugged as many books as possible up and down it, in every conceivable type of weather.
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Before I learned to read, I did what most kids do. I made up stories to go with the illustrations in my picture books. Oddly, neither our family Dalmation, nor my sisters and two brothers found them fascinating at all.
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Once I could read chapter books, my grandparents on my dad's side began gifting me with a brand new book each Friday. Lucky me! Between my grandparents and the bookmobile, I was well supplied with great books. And I read every one of them. Multiple times. Had I kept count, I think the number would be pretty impressive.
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My Sleepyheads ...

Awake and all grown up!

My grandparents on my mum's side, not to be outdone by the other grandparents, enrolled me in ballet classes. There I learned a lovely and different way to tell a story - through movement and dance. When I grew up, I had a career for many years as a Dance Teacher, Choreographer and Artistic Director.
So, you could say I used to tell stories on a stage and now I tell stories on a page.
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me as a violet

cute sister,
bored brothers
I have lived in Massachusetts and New Hampshire near the Atlantic Ocean, in California near the Pacific Ocean and in Texas near the Gulf of Mexico, where I currently live in the Houston area. I am married to a man who could pass for Santa Claus and we have three
beautiful daughters who have given us seven incredible grandchildren.

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My Sleepyheads' Sleepyheads






