No, that's not me in the avatar. It's just something I found from an old movie that seems appropriate... I'm a teacher in an alternative disciplinary school. As such, I've had several murderers, numerous child-molesters, and more drug pushers and thieves than I care to count in my classroom. They range in age from 12 to 18. Need I mention that work's not a picnic? I'm divorced with two grown (or is that 'groan'?) children, a daughter who's also a teacher and a son in college. My ex-husband is happily married to my sister; needless to say, I don't see much of them.
Interests I gave up hunting - it's just too expensive and uncomfortable/cold/wet. I still try to get by the gun range a couple times a month, though. Web surfing. Old movies.
Favorite Books History Occasionally old mysteries and ghost stories.
Favorite Authors Barbara Tuchman, M.R. James, Jacques Futrelle, Ian Fleming, Donald Hamilton, John D. McDonald, Gavin Lyall, Robert Parker. (Oh, my God! They're all dead!)
Favorite Movies Vintage sci-fi/horror, from the '30s (think of The Mummy, King Kong, Island of Lost Souls) up through the '50s (Creature from the Black Lagoon, X, the Unknown, Curse of the Demon) and into the '60s. No slasher or cheap rip-offs of Star Wars, please.
Favorite Music Vintage rock 'n' roll, Sinatra, big band swing
Lt. Col. Kate Grissom visits her cadet at military school.
Part OneMilitary Institute MomShe parked the car in one of the few visitors' slots in front of Charlie Barracks. In truth, it was a dormitory, circa 1970. Unadorned, red brick, two stories of blank windows reflecting the afternoon sun. A few cadets in gra...
