Louise Brooks:  

Life I thought I HAD a bio here (?) Oh well! My husband, (of 38 yrs) Pete and I, have lived in Santa Maria, CA for 6 years. We actually stayed on the fringes of Antelope Valley while we raised our three beautiful daughters in the big town of North Edwards, CA, just across Hwy 58 from Edwards AFB. If you've never heard of it, it's 9 miles northwest of Boron and if you've never heard of Boron, it's just as well. You may ask, Why did you move so far out into the boonies? Well, I guess that depends on who is looking at it! Because, for the 32 years I lived there, I thanked God that I didn't live in Trona, Baker or Death Valley. (forgive me if that's where you live). AND, Pete got a job at U.S. Borax in 1969 and retired in 2004. USB was a good provider for us, even if we DID have to drive 45 miles to go shopping! We stayed pretty busy. Besides raising our kids, I volunteered for community projects, did the "soccer mom" thing; earned extra money (at Christmas;-) by using my limited artistic skills painting the local store windows with Christmasy pictures; and taught Sunday School and Bible studies. Then worked as an instructional aide for remedial math and reading for 13 years; wrote an "Irma Bombeck wannabe" column in the local paper for 6 years; belonged to the Muroc Community Theater for 10 yrs with my family (if you remember how painfully shy I was, THAT was a stretch); joined a writing club and ACTUALLY got a story published in a shiny soft-covered book! The last five years before we moved to Santa Maria, I was a SECRETARY in the finance dept at the EAFB. (So "THERE!" to the business dept at PHS that wouldn't let me major in business because I couldn't type with two hands!) I took typing at AVJC and learned to type with one hand, 35 wpm with no errors! Double that for 2 hands and I typed 70 wpm! lol! I know there's going to be certain types of people that argue with that logic, but it worked for me! I WILL say that if it weren't f...Expand for more