The Gallery

These are my kids: Kirby (left) and Trivet. Aren't they precious?

Here I am with my two sibs. I'm the one with the pheasant, obviously.

This is my son Samwise. I just adopted him 08/06/01.

Celebrating a pal's millstone, er, milestone birthday .

This is my pal Geoff. As far as we know, he's never killed anyone.

This is my fairy goddessmother, Royelen.

Here I am on Halloween. Meow! =[.]=

This is my grammar mentor, Subordinate Claws.

Trivet told me he was knighting young Kirby. I'm not so sure.

This is my late dog Paddy. We were best friends for 15 years.

Here I am as a wee thing.

This is our late family dog Mei Ling. We just lost her in 1999.

This is my youngest sister, Michelle, playing rugby.

This is my beloved Volkswagen, Wednesday.

Here's my other tattoo.

Here I am with my grammar buddy Thomas.

Look how big Kirby is getting!

Would you believe yet another grammar buddy? This is Nayland.

Samwise had to wear an Elizabethan collar for a while. That was no fun!

My aunt Sally and uncle Jim before their 08/04/01 wedding.

This is Rosie, adopted 07/27/02.

Here I am on my annual visit with the cherry blossoms.

This is the fraktur (PA Dutch wedding certificate) I made for my aunt's wedding.

A retro shot of my parental units.

My first distaff grammar buddy meeting was with Auntie.

Samwise at the Alexandria Canine Games.

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's another grammar buddy!
Here I am with Nametag when he visited the East Coast.

The first grammar troika: me, grammar mentor Claws, and Kathleen (one of my grammar sistren)

One of my grammar sistren and also my closest grammar neighbor, NDearing helped me move.

Laure was the first of my international grammar sistren whom I got to meet in person. She's from Canada, eh?