My favorite hobbies are gardening, traveling and collecting quality crafts. Recently I moved to a rural area after spending much of my life in cities. I found my way to this location when I took a position as a music teacher for a special needs school district that serves severely autistic and cognitively impaired students as well as those with behavioral problems and multiple disabilites. It's certainly not where I ever imagined myself to be after a long career as a computer programmer/analyst. So, my life has completely changed, but I'm still the same person - just happier (and poorer!). I've just adopted young finches, so now I have a very demanding family to take care of for the first time in my life. Boy... are they noisy (and VERY cute)!!!