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About Me:
I am a native Oregonian, born into the comfort and clamor of a family of nine children. I met my husband, Jack, on a blind date at the University of Oregon. After living in Southern California for a number of years we now live in Ashland, Oregon.
In helping care for aging family members I came to understand the challenges that face the elderly. Inflation has reduced their savings to pocket change while the rise of gangs and drugs creates a dangerous world for them. It is for just such folks I advocate in The Bag Lady War. As a nation, we seem to overlook our older citizens and focus instead on the rights and needs of criminals, making sure they are treated properly. A topsy-turvy system, it seems. I am not a champion of murder and mayhem, but I enjoyed sending the Bag Ladies out to set things straight.
When not traveling I enjoy volunteering for the Tudor Guild of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Southern Oregon University.
Interviews with Carol:
Inside
Scoop Live - October 2008
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the MP3 here
