Janet Perry:
CLASS OF 1950
Central Elementary SchoolClass of 1950
Portland, CT
Janet's Story
Janet is from Portland, Connecticut. Janet's schools include Central Elementary School.
Music Janet likes includes Tammy Wynette, Tanya Tucker, The Carpenters. Books Janet likes include canada books, Connecticut River, Arizona place names. Movies Janet likes include Arthur Starring Dudley Moore, Summer Stock, In Harms Way John Wayne. TV shows Janet likes include "The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills", Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, DOG The Bounty Hunter on A&E.
One of Janet's favorite quotes is:""KEEP SMILING. IT MAKES EVERYONE WONDER WHAT YOU HAVE BEEN UP TO." Taught to me when I was ill by a loving English friend called Reggie who had a great love for a wonderful sense of humor. Sadly, he has since passed away.
"Many people will walk in and out of your life, but only true friends and loved ones will leave footprints in your heart."
"Some people come into our lives and quickly go. Others stay a while, make footprints on our hearts and we are NEVER, EVER THE SAME!!!"
"Life isn't about how to survive the storm, but how to dance in the rain!"
"Never lose your child heart!!!"
"Simplify."
"Listening to Someone is Sometimes all the Help he Needs."
"Never deprive someone of hope."
"This too will pass." A favorite of my late Grandma Maud Haling.
"Never put off saying 'I Love You'."
"Every day there is joy waiting to be discovered!"
"Women are Angels and when someone breaks our wings we simply continue to fly...on our broomsticks. We are flexible like that!!!"
"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I---I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." Robert Frost. The Road Not Taken.
"To be yourself in a world that's constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment" Ralph Waldo Emerson.
"Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans." John Lennon.
"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world." Albert Einstein.
"Courage is being scared to death, but saddling up anyway." John Wayne.
"When the road looks rough ahead, remember the 'Man Upstairs" and the word H-O-P-E. Hang on to both and "tough it out". John Wayne.
"Whose woods these are I think I know. His house is in the village though. He will not see me stopping here, to watch his woods fill up with snow." Robert Frost. Stopping By Woods on a Snowy Evening.
"Love has nothing to do with what you are expecting to get---only what you are expecting to give---which is everything. What you will receive in return varies. But it real...Expand for more
ly has no connection with what you give. You give because you love and cannot help giving." Katharine Hepburn.".
More about Janet:"Causes & Organizations: Member of Portland Connecticut Historical Society; Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance; American Rivers; Defenders Of Wildlife; National Audubon Soc.; National Arbor Day Foundation; Animal Rescue Site; Hunger Site; Rainforest Site; Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center; Stop Aerial Hunting Of Wolves; Stop The Bullying In Schools.
I now live in SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA, and have for many years. but I was born and raised in Connecticut. My home town is the lovely town of Portland, along the Connecticut River, where I attended Central
Elementary School and Portland Junior High and High School. We enjoyed the Connecticut River on our boat, the Win-Jan, when dad was in the Portland Boat Club years ago. He was also in the Lions Club, & the Odd Fellows, for many years. I also loved Long Island Sound! We rented a cottage on the sound in Clinton, Ct., at Clinton Beach, called the Bittersweet, from a Mr. Somerset. It was on the water, just opposite the beach store, that I think was called Hubbard's. We spent many wonderful summers at Clinton Beach! Other vacations were spent touring northern New England & many of the wonderful lakes of Maine and New Hampshire, & touring eastern Canada. We once drove around the entire Gaspe Peninsula, which was quite isolated at that time. I loved visiting Quebec City, the St. Lawrence River, and Lake Megantic. I'm now in Arizona and have been for a long time. I really miss the water!!! I do like Arizona. It has its own beauty, and I love Utah, & Southern California. Over the years I have lived in other states: 4 years in New York City, a short time in Texas, and a little while in Vermont. I have two grown daughters: Vanessa, & Kate, and three grandsons: Jason, Dillon, & Damien, and a son-in-law: Chris. I decorate the house cottage-style; collect prince frogs; work on my favorite collection: REG PRINCE, the English secondary actor, stand-in, stuntman and double. He was double for actor Oliver Reed for about 22 years, until 1986. He was also great at his sport, Karate, and was a sensei, and was a bodyguard. He also worked with many others. Reg passed away in the year 2000 at the age of 64 years. He had been terribly injured in a fall while away on location in 1986 for the movie 'Castaway', and he suffered various serious health problems until his death; I collect pumpkins; swim in the pool; do a lot of reading; like birds; have a great cat Soprano, and enjoy movies and TV, etc., etc.".
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