stuff i love: soccer, dancing, the beach, politics, good wine/beer/champagne, travel, water dancing, pretending i'm not tired when i am, being self-deprecating, scrabble!!

quotes i try to live by:
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever does. --Margaret Mead

Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those acts will be written the history of this generation. --Robert Francis Kennedy

To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the affection of children; to earn the appreciation of honest critics and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty, to find the best in others; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch, or a redeemed social condition; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson