Jan

• Gender: Female
• Industry: Law
• Location: United States

About Me

I'm one of the principals of Goddesschess, which went online on May 6, 1999. I earned an under-graduate degree in history and economics going to college part-time nights, weekends and summer school while working full-time, and went on to earn a law degree from Marquette University Law School. I love the challenge of research, and spend my spare time writing and reading about my favorite subjects, travelling and working in my gardens. Mr. Don (a/k/a dondelion), my family and my friends are most important in my life. For the second half of my life, I'm focusing on "doable" things (as opposed to gradiose dreams) to help local chess initiatives, starting in my own home town.

Interests

• Women's chess
• the origins of chess
• ancient and not-so-ancient history
• archaeology and anthropology

Favorite Movies

• The Quiet Man
• Searching for Bobby Fischer
• the first three Star Wars films
• The Nutty Professor
• Bride and Prejudice
• any screenplay based on Jane Austen or about Jane Austen

Favorite Music

• These days I listen mostly to smooth jazz on the radio. I have several favorite CDs
• including the soundtrack from the original Broadway production of Phantom of the Opera and Patsy Cline's Greatest Hits
• to which I sing along (badly)

Favorite Books

• The Eight
• all the Harry Potter books
• everything by Jane Austen and Amanda Quick

My Blogs	Team Members
Chess, Goddess and Everything	Isis dondelion