Once upon a time, there was a little girl. The little girl dreamed of leaving behind a sometimes happy, but generally disappointing and often dreary Midwestern childhood and Western young-adulthood and starting a shiny new adult life as a reasonably well-adjusted, middle-aged, junior engineer at a small research institute who often pays her bills on time and always eats her vegetables. This is her story…stories…blog that she writes in occasionally.

She also likes “different” music, Mexican food, some people, Jolly Ranchers, shoes, some books and TV shows and blogs, cats, most trees, oatmeal raisin cookies, and Art…but not necessarily in that order…or exclusively.