Why my two nics?
The stunning graphics provided by a friend in the old MSN Campfires League,
and the music, "This Masquerade," are the reasons for MasqueradeLady.
Also, the masked lady, above, is a redhead... lol... otherwise, as you can see,
I do not resemble her!
On the World Gaming Center (WGC), My Heart is with the the team, its Captain, HF_DULCE, and the charter team mates: __charisma__, UndueAirplane, hf_kevin54, hf_silver, hf_TackyMrs. FLY_ _JUST4U, and every one of the others who followed soon after. PLEASE GO TO OUR WEBSITE!
Where do I live?
Where have I traveled?
In the United States? Literally North, South, East, West. From New York City to San Francisco, from Duluth, Minnosota to Miami Beach, Florida.
In my childhood, lived in all those places, and some in between, for at least a year or more.
Outside the United States: Gorgeous western Canada and Vancouver Island (the Rockies in the United States cannot begin to compare with the Canadian Rockies)... England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland... and short visits to Ensenada, Mexico.
Where would I like to go for a holiday?
Why do I like playing league Spades?
The Leagues have a wonderful spirit, competitive, skilled players, and "Rules" on Case's Ladders... regulations which try to do something concrete to stem cheating. A friend, Patrick, discovered the leagues a couple of years ago, and urged me to join him there. Then the discovery of the excellent guidelines and the friendliness of the league players became the clincher for me.
What is my favorite song?
ooo so many from Country to Classic... but.. probably my all time favorite from teenagerdom is the 2nd movement of the Beethoven Sonata Pathetique, the Adagio Cantabile. If you would like to hear the Adagio, turn off the player above, and click on the small player here : This is a terrific guitar version, sequenced by F. Nachbaur.
But the all-time goose-bump-maker is the "Pilgrims Chorus" from Tannhauser, sung a capella by the Robert Shaw Chorale. To listen, (it is magnifienct), turn off other players, turn on this one:
And one more... I recently discovered: Listen to this incredible version of "Stranger on the Shore" as performed by clarinetist, Acker Bilk. This was a surprise to me... perhaps, as well, to you?
As you see, my taste is eclectic. I love Toby Keith, Michael Crawford, Roberta Flack, Andrew Lloyd Webber, the Carpenters, Wagner, Jim Reeves, the music from Faust (awesome!), and yes! Elvis Presley!
Besides playing spades, what do I like best to do?
read.. read... read... almost everything that comes into my hands.. prefer historical novels, especially the Collleen McCullough Masters of Rome series about the Roman Republic. My favorite modern author, though, is Dick Francis. I love the depths of meaning that he finds in the ordinary English language...
I'm a writer manqué, love to write all kinds of stuff, including pomes. And to research new ideas;
I have a craving "need to know"....
I like to walk on the beach, and create websites with homestead;
I've skied Aspen, Donner, & Mammoth, and ridden horses like a demon, English and Western...
A personal page, sort of a vita/résumé with the usual information
