Charlotte Acha:  

Life In a nutshell, I got married, left CA, spent time in the military, and raised a family. We eventually returned to CA and bought a house in the high desert and there I lived until 1996. Deciding that I needed a major change in my life, I got a divorce, celebrated my freedom from a too-long marriage, sold my Harley and moved to New York City in 1996. I fell in love with this magical city; there's always something to do no matter what time of day or night. Just like Huey Lewis says, "Where else can you do a half a million things at a quarter to three?" Our favorite thing being to hang out in the Village after midnight, exploring the clubs in hopes of catching a good band or two. I currently live in the Upper West Side of Manhattan, married my long-time love finally on August 22, 2005. Tony is a computer tekno geek like me, but he's also a song writer/guitarist. Tony was also the executive director for a third-party political organization (a long-standing political party that unfortunately recently lost its line on the ballots), and thusly I became quite involved in politics in NY state and city, so I've had some very interesting adventures during my time here, and met such political figures as Hillary Clinton and Al Gore. I'll never forget sitting at a bar and chatting with then-mayor of NYC Rudy Giuliani about his favorite subject -- the Yankees. A very interesting and nice man; he would have had my vote for President. I have three wonderful daughters that I owe all my gray hairs to; two on the West Coast still, though up in beautiful Oregon, my oldest in Nebraska. Eventually we plan to leave NYC for greener pastures. We're considering several options; our isla verde, Puerto Rico where we fell even more in love. Vermont and Maine, offering the cooler climates we both love and prefer. Toronto, our other favorite city. Oregon. So many choices .... For a larger read on me, Google me -- Moon Productions School One of the funny things of life I've noted is that of friendships. In high school, how self-important and self-absorbed so many truly were, even those we called a best friend. I look back and know that 99% of my friends never knew who I truly was, never knew the depth of me, my hopes, my fears, my dreams; never knew the music that I liked, never knew what I wanted for the future. Perhaps if they only truly knew me. Or I them. We were all really pretty stupid back then. But then, most of us never again saw our friends from that period in our life once we graduated, or, if we did, we saw them less and less until it came time for our 20 year reunion and we had a hard-pressed time of remembering a first name, let alone anything else about each other. Good thing reunion planners are smart and provide you with name tags; at least you had the ability to use names when you played "remember when?" and everyone nodding and smiling because they remembered it too and you smile back, almost laughing because you know you just made that up. It was at such reunion that I had an epiphany of friendships and what that means to many, or at least meant back then. I can truly say that high school is one of the worst experiences of my life; it was a time of great torment for me and I just knew I was being punished for something I must have done in another lifetime. Friend...Expand for more