I am a retired physical therapist. I have traveled throughout the world. I professionally worked in Japan in calendar year 1990, as a geriatric rehabilitation consultant for several retirement communities. I have an M.A. in gerontology from Hood College and a B.S. in physical therapy from Russell Sage College.
I have an avid interest in the interface of language with mythology, religion, and spirituality. I led a weekly word discussion program in a Maryland correctional facility for three years. Typically, I met with five prisoners for an hour each and we discussed how the vocabulary they used reflected on their life style. I used a dictionary with derivations as a learning tool. The prisoners named me the “Word Lady”. I also led a word discussion series, “Conversations with the Word Weaver”, at the Kellogg Hubbard Library in Montpelier, VT for several months, with recognition that the words someone uses defines who they are. In addition, I have given lectures on semantics to branches of the American Association of University Woman and to church study groups.