Getting Personal

Yes, you can be a dreamer and a doer too, if you will remove one word from your vocabulary: impossible. -H. Robert Schuller

Happiness is as a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but which if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you. -Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864)

Fashion is something barbarous, for it produces innovation without reason and imitation without benefit. -George Santayana, philosopher (1863-1952)

You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth. -H.L. Mencken, writer, editor, and critic (1880-1956)

I live in Maslin Beach, South Australia with my soulmate and husband, Rod Gasson. Maslin Beach is south of Adelaide and has the most fantastic views of ocean and cliffs.

About a lifetime ago, I grew up and resided in Saginaw, Michigan USA.

I create and design the web sites you'll find on our showcase page. I also help run our online system, which now includes near three dozen web hosts. This has had an impact on how much Email I receive each day and how much extra time (none, to be exact) I have for personal projects. Fortunately, it's quite enjoyable work and it definitely keeps both of us busy and involved in many different types of online activity each day.

Rod and I met on the CBM Fidonet echo in June, 1992 when he introduced his QWK format offline mail reader, QWKRR128 for the C128. Our personal relationship began on February 9, 1994 when I teasingly "proposed" to him in the CBM128 echo because he said he much preferred "nice" over something that is merely adequate. Our lives haven't been "merely adequate" since then, either. :-)

We spent from February 1994 until April 1995 sharing private mail, usually using Rod's QWKRR program. I ventured to visit Rod in April 1995 and stayed for a year that felt like barely a week. Due to immigration laws, I was required to return to the USA before we could apply for a permanent resident visa which would allow us to continue our life together. This was a very difficult time, but I returned to Rod on 13 December 1996 after nearly 8 months apart.

Over the course of our long distance relationship, Rod and I shared mail almost daily when apart (about 21 months all together). I've saved this mail, and it accounts for about 10-15 meg of disk space, if not more. We're both very private people when it comes to our personal mail, but it's possible we may decide our story is worth sharing with others in a possibly edited or fictionalised format. Time will tell.

Long distance relationships aren't as easy or uncomplicated as it sounds. I have three children who are in the United States. Migrating to Australia to be with Rod was a very deeply felt decision, and not one made lightly or easily. I certainly have no regrets for spending life with someone so like myself.

For those interested, there's a Mailing List dedicated to Long Distance Relationships (LDRs). It's called Rainbow and they have a web site devoted the list.

I'm a writer, and the author of "The Internet For Commodore C64/128 Users", published by VideoCam Services. I also write for Go64 magazine and (once in awhile), Linux Journal.

I'm a fan of Anne McCaffrey's Dragon Riders of Pern and Douglas Adams Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy series, as well as becoming a recent Red Dwarf fan. I really liked MST3k (Mystery Science 3000) and Saturday Night Live, but unfortunately they aren't available here in Australia.

I set aside my own fantasy adventure novel while writing the Internet For Commodore C64/128 Users, but someday in the future I may return to it. It'll be quite a change from working with "reality" to switch to something where I'm in charge and make the rules.

Musically, I like a real mix. This includes Yes, Genesis, Marillion (particularly with Fish's lyrics and singing), Alan Parsons Project, Moody Blues, Pink Floyd, Sting, Meatloaf and some of the more mellow rock music as well. These include America, Billy Joel, some Rod Stewart (at times) and plenty of others. I also like the blues, some jazz, The Mills Brothers, Glen Miller and a bit of classical music too.

I see the stats every day, but statistics are just numbers -
I'm far more interested in the *people* behind the numbers. Don't forget to sign the Guest Book! :-)

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