I'm pretty new at this and want to thank all of you for your very kind welcome.  I look forward to getting to know you better over the next little while, although I'm not sure I will ever get to over a thousand people (Congrats to Zubby btw, well done!)

I live in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada.  Should anyone check a map you will notice it's about halfway up the province and, since it's the end of November, winter has arrived with a bang - complete with snow, ice and really cold weather. Definitely going to be a white Christmas this year, so I and my cat are not going to be venturing forth  into the great outdoors unless absolutely necessary, at least for a while.  Since I'm not into winter sports, winter is a great time for my favorite pastime, reading. (Although, in all honesty, I do not think there has been a day since I started to read, lo these many years ago, when I have gone one day without reading something.)

My children are grown - I have one of each- and I have two grands-also one of each- who, unfortunately for me, live in Thunder Bay which is about half-way across the country, so I don't see them very often.  Still, they're great kids, if I do say so myself.

Being divorced I live alone and tend to be a bit of a hermit.  Actually I'm a lot hermit. I'm on disability and actually prefer living alone.  My cat is company, but doesn't have a great deal to  say.  I read just about anything - although my present preferences are for fantasy, sf and mystery.  I also write poetry and have published some of them.  I do not refer to myself as a poet, it sounds way too pretentious for me and, truthfully, in this day and age, no one can make any kind of living at it, unless they plan to do without things like food and shelter.  You will probably see some of my poems here as, like all writers, I like to share.  Feedback will be gratefully accepted, btw, even begged for. (Good or bad, it's nice to know how or if my poems are affecting people.)

I tend to be opinionated, so you'll also see those in the coming future.  These are my own opinions and are not meant to insult anyone. If you don't like them you are welcome to say so.  I really enjoy discussion and we can always agree to differ.

I am not here to earn money on the net. Should that be your goal, please do not expect me to participate in that aspect of Zubby, however I am interested in you and should any of you want to discuss what you are doing, I'd love to hear about it. I just don't want to join.

So, a big hello to you all from myself and Shadow, the cat who guards my page. 

 

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