If “curiosity killed the cat,” I’d have been a goner a long time ago (if I were a cat, which would be hard, because then I’d be allergic to myself).
Curiosity is what’s led me to:
- Travel on six continents and live on three—can you figure out where I am in the photos below? (Click to see photos enlarged.)
- Study at one college (Wellesley) and two graduate schools (the Harvard Graduate School of Education and the LBJ School of Public Affairs)
- Work (for 25 years) to make schools, teaching, and policies better for kids
- Read, read, and read some more (three book groups, which is at least one too many)
- Cook (I love saffron and lemongrass but can’t abide okra),
- Go to plays and movies (as long as they’re not violent; violence is worse than okra)
- Go to concerts, museums, art galleries, and art auctions
- Try to learn Spanish four times (I still can’t get ‘ser’ and ‘estar’ straight)
- Write for kids about the oldest city in America (think South–way south), archeology in Bolivia, virus-hunting in Cameroon, predicting pandemics, Portuguese dancing, the philosophy of identity (yes, for kids), Anne Frank, civil rights music, Mark Twain, keeping the peace in Rwanda, moko (look it up), …
Those are the things I love to do—in addition to gardening, yoga, swimming, and volunteering…
Here’s who I love being:
- Wife of a professor
- Mom of two thoroughly splendid daughters and mom-in-law of their sweet spice
- Gramma of three granddaughters
- Sister, aunt, cousin, niece…
- Friend (but please don’t tell my friends that sometimes I’d rather write than meet them for lunch)
- Austinite in the winter, spring, and summer and Bostonian in the fall (two critique groups, one in each home, which is perfect!)
- Writer for kids
Happily, I am represented by Erin Murphy of Erin Murphy Literary Agency http://www.emliterary.com/index.php.
I blog at: emusdebuts.wordpress.com.
To learn more about me, go to these blogs:
http://thedayjobawi.blogspot.com/
http://lyndamullalyhunt.blogspot.com/2010/11/mentor-monday_15.html
