Richard Brooks:  

Life My Spouse I met my wife at UT in a watercolor class. I was talking to someone I knew about where I grew up and she overheard me mention Central where she also graduated from. We were married on top of Mt Fuji in Japan in 1981. We were English teachers in Kyoto/Osaka for a couple of years until Pam became pregnant with our first child. My Pets I've always had dachshunds. Mr. Bill is no exception although he thinks he's a cat because he was brought up with the 2 we have now - Miss Kitty and Mr. Fuji. As you can see we're very formal with our pet names! Sadly Mr. Bill and Mr. Fuji passed on in 2005. We've gotten 2 more dachshunds - Daisy and Scarlett. Miss Kitty is plugging away and turned 18 in April. Sadly, Ms Kitty died before her 20th birthday. I say sadly but Pam says good riddance. Miss Kitty bit her before she died and g...Expand for more