My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Female
Industry	Communications or Media
Occupation	blogger, retired health care worker
Location	Mexico 65260, MO, United States
Introduction	worked in health care for twenty-five years, 10 pediatrics. Now retired. Old habit: news junky. Began writing poetry in fourth grade. Later a journal. Two commentaries published in the St. Louis POST-DISPATCH, the first in '94 on single payer health care. In '08, a commentary on election integrity, explaining in lay language the problems with the electronic voting machines. By then had spent about three years working with Missourians for Honest Elections as a volunteer webmaster. Also involved in peace, justice & environmental actions online & off.
Interests	diversity--biologic and human, politics-- outside the box, the Earth-- urban and rural
Favorite movies	Wizard of Oz, It Happened One Night, Adam's Rib, The Thin Man, Ghandi.
Favorite music	Jazz: Thelonius Monk, Ella Fitzgerald, Miles Davis. New: Meredith Monk. Classical: yes. All sorts of stuff.
Favorite books	Twain:Huckleberry Finn,Tolkien:The Lord of the Rings Trilogy, Dinnerstein:The Mermaid and the Minotaur, Lao Tzu:Tao Teh Ching,drama, poetry, nonfiction.