Illinois transplant by Katherine Irene Campbell https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307 gladly learning and gladly teaching en-us 2018-07-05 19:40:13 UTC 2026-01-20 09:17:07 UTC hello@padlet.com Me recently. I clearly have no imagination with poses. I have been a high school English teacher in the Boston area since 1977, where I moved after I got married. I divorced in 2005, but I'm still here. I have two fabulous kids and probably hundreds of former students. I have a MA in English literature and a special interest, which is not to say an expertise, in Shakespeare and Dickens. bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269501572 2018-07-05 19:48:01 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269501572 Beginnings. bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269501695 Me as a toddler back home in Hillsboro, Illinois, pop. 5000. My mother got angry with a teacher in high school, and in a passion told my grandmother she wanted to quit. Granny said that would be fine because she needed help on the farm. My mother, who loved to learn, never forgave her, but vowed that her kids would get an education, which my brother and I did.]]> 2018-07-05 19:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269501695 The happiness was palpable. bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269502036 2018-07-05 19:57:52 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269502036 Kate bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269502191 2018-07-05 20:00:27 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269502191 Child #1 bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269503767 My handsome son Mayhew.   He does something with computers in Silicone Valley in the San Francisco area.]]> 2018-07-05 20:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269503767 Mayhew In concert bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269503895 He was honored to be a part of a unique event in which the San Jose Symphony and Chorus performed the score to all three Lord of the Rings films as the movie was screened. I just happened to be visiting when these events happened and I was thrilled to be there.]]> 2018-07-05 20:32:34 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269503895 bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269507550 2018-07-05 21:36:39 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269507550 This is actually not me... bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269507977 2018-07-05 21:43:42 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269507977 My lovely daughter Kate and me on her wedding day. bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269508212 August 2017]]> 2018-07-05 21:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269508212 First place at an event. bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269508349 I've  no longer have money to compete, but still take lessons regularly.  It gives me much joy.]]> 2018-07-05 21:50:37 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269508349 With dance friends bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269509078 at a competition. I love ballroom and all the camaraderie, clothes, and sparkly jewelry that goes with it.]]> 2018-07-05 22:03:32 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269509078 Diana bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269510434 2018-07-05 22:30:41 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269510434 Harry bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269510507 Named after Harry Houdini. It's a long story.]]> 2018-07-05 22:32:26 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269510507 My fur babies bardolatress https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269510593 2018-07-05 22:34:13 UTC https://padlet.com/bardolatress/eb2h77m1z307/wish/269510593