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Who I am.... |
I was born and raised in New York City. I have a B.A. from Queens College in American history, a M.A. from Hunter College in Anthropology and a second masters from Columbia University in Information and Library Science..
I moved to Greece with my husband and 9 month old baby over 26 years ago. At the present my family consists of three sons 27, 25 and 22, my husband, Yannis, and myself.
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have been interested in plants as long as I can remember. In my apartment
in New York, I set up a huge table with florescent lights and draped a sheet of
plastic over it to mimic a greenhouse. Now I have a real greenhouse
and spend much of my free time growing plants from seeds and
puttering around the garden. Gardening in Greece has proved to be a
challenge because of the incredible length of the growing season, the
constant high temperatures and drying winds. I have had to rethink
what a garden should look like. No more extensive green lawns and thirsty
plants. These have been replaced with hard paving and plants that adapt to
summer drought conditions. I feel that much of what I have learned could be of
use to fellow gardeners living under similar conditions.
Besides gardening I enjoy making cloth dolls. It started with making dolls for my children. I have branched out and now make dolls for my home, dolls for children at the local hospital and I have taught doll making at the local University in the past.
Cooking is something that I have to do everyday and enjoy doing on occasion. I will post some of my favorite recipes. Most of these will be Greek recipes that I have accumulated during the past 25 years while living in Greece.
Most recently I have published my web site. I hope you enjoy visiting it as much as I enjoy creating it.
Here is a picture of my three boys
