I've been a Texan all my life (Houston and Austin) but in March 2004 I moved myself and company lock-stock-n-barrel to Carson City, Nevada. The mountains and high desert landscapes are incredibly beautiful and I'm excited about this newest adventure discovering all the sights, sounds, places, lakes & rivers, (and plants!) in my new environment here.

I am happily divorced and I have one grown son, Jason, who has blessed me with three granddaughters, Macaella, Taylor and Morgan. See Family Pictures.

Yeah, I know... I'm a young grandmother. I still flinch every time the grandkids holler "Hey Grandma!" at me. I certainly don't feel old enough to be a grandmother nor do I fit any traditional grandmother stereotypes for sure!


I guess I live a pretty unusual life by most people's standards, but I don't think my goal in life was ever to be "usual." In fact, I am often asked how I got to be so odd when people first meet me. I wrote a book about the rainforest and it's wealth of medicinal plants which came out in September of 1998. The publisher (who asked me the same question) asked me to write an introduction to the book that tried to explain how I got to be so odd, unusual, weird, abbynormal... call it what you will. If you'd like to read it, you can follow this link to read the book introduction which tries to explain why I am on the path I am today and how I got there. Ever try to encapsulate 40 years of living into 2 pages? Well, I took my best shot anyway.



Here's what I normally look like most of the time when
I'm just goofing off with friends here, abroad, or in the jungle.





I have a special gift with animals, especially birds.
The pictures below is an anaconda... not much like the movie, huh?
If you want to see the biggest anacondas I've seen off the movie screen
(and definitely would NOT wrap around my neck!!)
click here or on the BIG GREEN SNAKE below.

CLICK IF YOU DARE!!!

Below are wild capuchin monkeys who'll do just about anything for a ripe banana.
Then there are the monkeys that REALLY like me...
The one wrapped around my head below is a grey wooley
monkey and on my lap is a baby howler monkey.

The Indian shamans I work with in the Amazon tell me that I have animal and bird spirits that guide and assist me in my life and my work which is why birds are drawn to me and even wild animals approach me. Who knows? It has certainly come in handy when meeting an Indian tribe for the first time on the "impressive factor" to get their attention of my "power" when all the animals in the village end up in my lap! Especially since I have to overcome the fact that I am a white American woman and as such, of much lower status. But, meeting wild animals and birds in my jungle jaunts is one of my more favorite things. The big bird below is a wild Maribou Stork in Africa, the rest are parrots and toucans in the South American rainforests.





Sometimes even furry creatures like an coatti tries to get in on the action



And sometimes in the jungle, you just gotta hang out!


I've always been a bit of a rebel... from way back. Here's a classic old 70's picture which
shows what a pain I was at 15 years old
 Have I changed that much in 30 years??

Nope!
Once a rebel - always a rebel!



If you want to know more about rainforests or see more of my Amazon rainforest pictures... head on over to the Rainforest Stuff Page. If you're wondering what I do in the Amazon (besides play) and to see more pictures of what I do there and the Indian Tribes I work with, visit the Company Stuff Page


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