Dianne (Dee Dee) Montagna (Kempton):  

Life I've done many things, still don't know what I want to be when I grow up. My teen years were "high maintenance"... I've been married and divorced twice and have no biological children. I've been in a committed relationship for the last 28 years. My partner and I have an "adopted" daughter (since she was 14) who will be 39(!) in July 2010. I try to live organically and greenly. I can fix about anything. I love to play in the garden, this season I have strawberries, raspberries, grapes, 3 or 4 kinds of squash, tomatoes, pumpkin, and herbs. I also have a peach, cherry, 2 kinds of fig, an apple and a lemon tree. Everything tastes so good! I like to cook, too. I have one dog, a dachshund with a Chihuahua in her background. She will be 16 in August. She can't see or hear well and has canine Alzheimer's but I haven't the heart to tell her that she's not a puppy! She charms us daily... I love the ocean and the desert, throw in a mountain or two and I'm in heaven. I had planned to leave LA for the desert. That was before I found the perfect house in Granada Hills. We call it the "D & G Resort". Everything I need is here, a huge pool, a huge garden in a nice neighborhood in the Valley (yeah, I know how snobby we all used to be about the Valley, but it works for me!) The original "garden" was a 25 x 40' lawn with a tree at the end. No longer! I have a fenced in veggie garden, and soon there will be cherries as well. I have planted all sorts of iris and roses. Give me a few more years and you'll see a paradise! I believe that each person can make a difference, that kindness ripples and multiplies, th...Expand for more