Selected Facts
* A communicator, in words and pictures, in four languages, in a variety of fields; I have lived, studied and worked in eight countries on three continents. Ex-beatnik, happily retired as a part-time recluse, to a Canadian century farmhouse amid fields, barns and pastures, to paint, cook, translate and write.
* Writer and editor of fiction and non-fiction, translator of some thirty-odd (a few of them very odd) books, not to mention poems, films, songs, etc.
* Advocate for children and their particular rights, and for people with disabilities, volunteer for a variety of non-profits benefitting art, children’s rights, mental health, eating disorders, abused women, and people with disabilities;
* Erstwhile all sorts of things, e.g. erstwhile quizmaster for a pub trivia league, erstwhile beta tester for Czech version of WordPerfect for DOS, erstwhile broadcaster, newspaperwoman, caterer, dtp designer, amateur actress, "mental health prevention worker", etc etc
* Mother of three remarkable human beings, grandmother of six, roommate to an old Mediterranean tortoise-shell cat aptly called Silly.
* I don’t sing, dance or do windows (except for Vista), but I do do watercolours, silkscreen and mono prints; my first solo show was in Toronto in August 2006, titled “Coming of Age at 70â€.
