I hardly know where to start. I don't know why I waited so long to do an introduction, since I think all my postings already say it all about who I am for the interests of those on this board. What we write or communicate with others is, after all, who we are about to them! Geography and what we do are obviously unimportant when you board a ship and start talking to others. So this little intro is really unimportant. Anyway, I was born and reared on the Eastern Shore of Maryland, and except for times away for my education, that's where I have been all my life, so I have no exciting past to report! I was married for 20 years to a wonderful husband locally and involved in his family's business. We had 4 children in about 7 years, and they were and are the center of my life. When that marriage ended, I had the opportunity, at the age of 47 to get a new life, so to speak. That was law school, and I graduated when I was 50 and passed the bar the first time. I joined a practice with my brother and others, and we are the largest in the county, with 9 lawyers! So not one of those big city things, just a "country lawyer" sort of thing, except that we are in a resort, with many opportunities. I learned early on that I did not have the stomach for litigation (I was just too old when I got into it, and soured by the lawyer jokes). So my days at work are happily filled with helping people with their estate planning, probate, real estate settlements (my bread and butter), but the greatest pleasure I get is from my domestic mediation work (ordered by the court). It gives me geat pleasure to help people get over an unpleasant life experience without paying the lawyers more to fight over it! In addition, the children are better off when the parents forge their own plan.

I first started cruising on Radisson in Alaska on the Navigator. We were cancelled on the Panama Canal cruise in her maiden year because of a vibration drydock, and got a great rebate from Radisson. Next we went to Alaska, same ship. Since then, we have done PG, Mariner many times, Voyager on the first shakedown cruise and others, and Diamond a couple of times with my daughter after Christmas break. I think I have 10 cruises with RSSC at last count! I love all the ships for different reasons. But all of them always have offered the same great service and attentiveness on each and every cruise. My daughter and I just got back from a cruise on Silversea, and I would love to cruise this line in the future. Everything was up to Radisson standards, if not higher, only because it was a smaller ship! All my 2005 plans are on Radisson.