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This page has been here since late 1995 or early 1996 (the photo of me though is very recent, July 2002) with some changes every now and again. I work at the University of Colorado in Boulder for Information Technology Services. I'm a part of PC Maintenance Services ; and manage the Site Support group I won't go into detail, you can see the links if you want to know what we do. But here's what Site Support looked like in 1998/99. I have a new crew this year but no new photos, can't seem to get us all together at one time and place. And before all this I was a certified dental assistant, imagine!
My favorite activities are walking and hiking. During the work week I usually get at least a 4 mile walk a day in. In the summer I usually hit the trails around Boulder if I'm not trekking around France.
I've been studying the french language, history, culture, and music for a couple years now. I don't speak the language nearly as well I read and understand it, but I never give up!
I love movies, I watch a lot of french movies. I had some favorites listed here before but since then I've watched more movies and now my mind changes all the time. My french film library has about 110 films now. I haven't watched all of them yet. A few places to visit if you like buying movies, dvd, etc. are The Internet Movie Database and Uncommon Video, a huge selection of foreign films. So far I've been pretty lucky being able to tape most of my movies off cable so I haven't spent a lot of money.
I also love books. Finding time to read them is another story, (did I just make a joke?) but I do collect them when I can afford it. I shop the usual places, Amazon.com, Barnes & Noble, Tattered Cover in Denver and the little shops around but I found a nice little on-line place called Bas Bleu. It's a nice site selling "quirky" books and things out of the ordinary. Caters mainly to women, but has titles for everyone. And who doesn't love music? My tastes are very broad depending on my mood... but I don't really care for jazz or country. I listen to a lot of french music and have quite an extensive french CD collection (along with all those books...)
I also study and dabble in herbalism and aromatherapy. Some nice sites to visit to learn more are: Guide to Aromatherapy and Henriette's Herbal Homepage this is a very comprehensive site with many links.
The sites below are photos of said places and my dogs.
My Dogs
The City of
Light-Paris
Rouffange,
FranceMy volunteer experience in July of 2000.
Dijon, France
My university experience and travels around the east and south of France.
French Connections
I have been told by several people that I'm obsessed and am living in the wrong country. It's true, but for now there's nothing I can do about it.
Escape from
America - Moving to France A very comprehensive site.
Lonely
Planet-Destination France Another very good site.
The Best
of French Cheese I order from here all the time, the cheese is great.
France.com A site
on culture, travel, weather, french auctions, etc.
Tennessee Bob's
Famous French Links This site has beaucoup links!
French
Music DatabaseFrench Pop Music and beyond.....
Multimedia
Nevache This is a friends' interactive site from France.
Michael's Hideaway
Another friends' site who moved recently from Arizona to
Paris. Many nice photos and french resources.
Jean-Marc Negroni's
"Terragen" Many beautiful photos (sun, clouds, earth, etc.)
Les Experts
Immobiliers Need some expert advice on french real estate? (in
french).
I'll be updating my homepage whenever I have time, which isn't and won't be very often because I'm lazy. You can email me if you want to know more about my dogs or pictures or whatever, if you like.
Quotes and words of wisdom to ponder, or not. Most are things I've heard in passing or read somewhere so I won't add an author's name unless I know it. I'll change these as often as my mood does....or whenever....
"Duty largely consists of pretending that the trivial is critical". John Fowles
Animated gifs courtesy of Living Graphics
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