A housewife, of the southern variety, I spent 20 years home schooling my children, traveling, gardening, reading, cooking, decorating, studying Italian, painting, and looking for the perfect pair of shoes. I agree with Chesterton who said that there are too many wonderful things in the world for us to be "properly interested in any of them." I'm insatiably curious and can generally be found with a stack of books on a wide variety of subjects that interest me.