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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. We lived in Southern California for many years, where Jack and three partners ran a lumber brokerage while I raised our family of five daughters. I was very active in the community until the last child went off to college, when I became the SAT Coordinator for the Stanley H. Kaplan Educational Center in Orange County. We have been married for 57 years and have five wonderful daughters and eight just as wonderful grandchildren. You can tell we are very proud of them! Growing older has been a joy for us.
But there are many for whom growing older has been a burden. And it is for these folks I advocate in The Bag Lady War. I helped care for aging family members, and understand their concerns. But, as a nation, we seem to overlook the elderly and focus instead on the rights and needs of the criminal element of our society, 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.
Jack and I have traveled extensively, sometimes with a hiking group, and other times with friends or on tour. When we are not traveling or with family and friends, we can be found at the gym, in one class or another, or I am squeezing in a little writing. I enjoy volunteering for the Oregon Shakespeare Festival and the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute in Ashland, Oregon, where we now reside.
Interviews with Carol:
Inside
Scoop Live - October 2008
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the MP3 here
