I am a retired teacher from North Carolina. I taught middle school math. Later I became a middle school counselor and a high school counselor. My husband also taught at the community college. We have very different backgrounds. He is a city boy from Boston and I'm a farm girl from Ohio.

We have two grown children and 6 small grandchildren. Currently we live on the outer banks of North Carolina. We have also bought a couple condos in Hawaii that we use for home exchanges and vacation rentals. Should you be interested in having a place to stay in Hawaii, we hope you will take a look at our website: http://alohafamilyproperties.webs.com/

I have traveled all over Europe, Mexico, USA, and Japan. I'm passionate about travel..........everywhere anytime. I was fortunate to travel to Japan as part of the American=Japanese Foundation and then later on a Fullbright-Hayes program. Each time we were setting up teacher exchanges to share methods and compare American and Japanese schools. Now I have so many friends there. It was wonderful to be able to see the country as a collegue.

I'm looking forward to learning from everyone here. Hopefully I'll have many more adventures.

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