Greetings! It's been a long and rambling journey that has brought me to my present spot, living four blocks west of the Hancock Tower in downtown Chicago, and working 4 blocks east of the Sears! Born in Cape Town, South Africa and raised in England, I now work full-time as an instructional designer for the distance education program of a catholic University.

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas granted me two degrees in Sociology (1987, 1992), and my D.Ed (in Adult/Distance Education and Instructional Systems Design, 2003) came from The Pennsylvania State University. In other lives, I have been assistant Director of Public Relations for the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, a professional calligrapher, a house counselor in a psycho-social rehabilitation facility for the chronically mentally ill (for 5 years), and director of volunteers for an AIDs agency.

As the family genealogist, I keep track of our far-flung family (the US, the UK, South Africam Australia, and New Zealand) and have served in a Family History Center and look forward to serving in the FHC (in creation) at the Logan Square chapel. Over the past 100 years, only my father?s father, and my mothers two sisters were born and died in the same country!

While I have 9 children, (5 boys, 4 girls) they are all grown (the youngest is 27, the oldest, 45) and living mostly in the south-west. I am buying, with my sister, a retirement home in Las Vegas I have family there but will be working in Chicago for the next 10 years or so.

Over the past 13 years I have traveled with my work to England, Canada, Germany and Australia (twice) and lived in State College, PA, Flagstaff, AZ, Norfolk, VA, Rochester, NY, and now in Chicago. I have moved with my work, and only my two cats have had an opinion about where I live! I enjoy traveling and fell in love with New South Wales 2 years ago, but it is SO far from everyone.

I joined the Church in Canada in 1964, and I graduated, twice, from the Institute program at what is now Southern Utah University in the early 70s. I have been endowed, but have only recently returned to Church attendance, after an extended absence, and am slowly picking up the threads again.

I'm looking for a companion to share that journey with. I believe email is a great way to get to know someone and build friendships and I have the freedom to travel to meet new friends.

I have varied interests - and am always interested in learning something new. The best teachers are those who are passionate about their own interests, no matter what they are! Mine are: Online education, online teaching and learning, growing orchids, genealogy, reading, watching TV, walking, meeting interesting people, sewing and quilting, movies, theatre, jazz.