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About
Me
My name is Virginia, and I am the author of Pics
and Poems. I’ve
lived in the New Hampshire area for the past 25 years
where I also work full-time as a middle school secretary
to the assistant principal.
The school has provided me with a wonderfully
stimulating environment, and my daily association with
children helps to keep me “young at heart!” I
consider myself fortunate to live in New Hampshire,
where all the seasons are beautiful, but where I
especially enjoy autumn with its blaze of colorful
foliage.
I’ve been married to my husband, Ed, for
43 years - he is my soul mate!
We were both born and brought up in
Massachusetts, and enjoy traveling together when the
opportunity presents itself. We've had some
wonderful excursions to Montreal, Pennsylvania, Ohio,
and enjoyed trips to all the New England states.
For 13 years, from the mid-Sixties and through
most of the Seventies, we lived in California
(Berkeley/San Francisco area), and during that time span
traveled across the United States, from coast to coast,
3 times. I’m
grateful for those experiences, as these trips gave me
an unforgettable view of this beautiful country.
Our last trip resulted in a permanent move from
California back to Massachusetts, then to New Hampshire
in 1983, where we have remained until the present.
We have 3 grown children
and 4 beautiful grandchildren, who bring me great joy, and
with whom I look forward to spending more time as I move
toward retirement.
I also enjoy writing poetry and creating pages for
my web site. Additional
hobbies include: reading; listening to music; going to the
movies (and watching some good videos at home, too);
painting and drawing (for which I never seem to have
enough time, lately); chatting/having lunch with friends
and family; spontaneous Sunday rides with hubby, or walks
when weather permits; mall, book store, and computer store
shopping.
I love animals, and I am especially interested in
elephants. I
can never learn enough about this magnificent, but
endangered, species; thus, the inspiration to write the
poem, “Elephants.”
I have collected several books and artifacts on
this marvelous creature and hope to add more information
to this site about this fascinating animal in the near
future.
Scary books and movies have always intrigued me,
and I had a lot of fun creating my Halloween pages. I’ve been known to bury myself in a Stephen King novel and
not come up for air until it’s finished (pure escapism),
and I have a fantasy of some day writing my own thriller
(well, we all need dreams, right)?
There are many blessings to be thankful for in my
life, including a wonderful husband, my family and
friends, reasonably good health, and my full-time work,
from which I will be retiring, this year, in June,
2008. One never retires from life, however, and I
look forward to many years of learning from the
experiences and opportunities that come my way, following
my retirement.
As I've
grown older, I enjoy taking the time to “stop and smell
the flowers” and appreciate the simple pleasures in
life. Each
day, I try to focus upon, and direct my energies toward
what I have “in my own backyard,” rather than
ruminating over what I don’t have.
We all have those “down” days, however, and
when I need to dig myself out of the doldrums, “The
Serenity Prayer” has always served as a wonderful guide
and daily reminder as to what my priorities should be.
A “one day at a time” philosophy continues to
be my mantra, and “The Serenity Prayer” is my
spiritual reality check for helping me through the
stressful times in my life. I have created a plaque with
the shortened version of this prayer and placed it on my
homepage.
That’s about it, for
now, dear friends. I hope you enjoy your visit, and come back often – I’m
always updating my pages, as I consider this website a
continually evolving work in progress.
Thank
you for visiting...
Virginia
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