New bio. On 6/13/2023, I turned 79 years old. Fourteen years ago, I discovered I’m a celiac. My whole life changed. I started losing weight, my chronic "diseases" started to alleviate, I no longer had to have transfusions 3-4 times a year for anemia. All of my lipids fell into the normal range. I’m no longer diagnosed with diabetes, IBS, colitis, GERD, chronic bronchial asthma, etc., etc., etc. I'm no longer taking many of the prescriptions I had to take. Hey, I'm really NOT a hypochondriac!

I live with four attentive cats. I belong to a medieval recreation society and do many handcrafts, mostly to do with fiber. My favorites are tablet weaving, standard weaving and felting. I was an illustrator and graphic designer before retirement. I have three biological children and one adopted, the youngest.

I'm lucky, at this age, to have a very active social life. Most weekends, I get dressed up in costumes and go play medieval games with 200-400 of my favorite friends. They do a good job of pretending they love me. LOL! I'm a very lucky lady!!!