Karen Murphy:  

Hi Gang~ Okay, to do a major fast forward from graduation in 1974...I'm living in Europe these days and working as an advisor / consultant. Lots of travel and adventure included into the mix so I truly love and enjoy my life over here. That said, I still keep my place back home because you can take the girl out of CA but you can't take the CA...well...you know the rest. I married in 1977 and remained that way for 10,311 days (give or take). Totally enjoyed being married and totally enjoying being an intrepid woman on her own these days, so I am. I've no plans to change that status for as far as I can see out on the horizon. The only committed relationship I must maintain is with an orchid that suffered the fate of landing with me as a house warming present. Amazingly, somehow it manages to hang on for grim death in full bloom, despite my crazy travel schedule. Everything in life should be so wonderfully "low maintenance!" I will say that at this point in my wanderings, I do have a rigorously field tested personal philosophy that has "stuck" due to the fact that it has served me so very well. In my adventures all over this planet, I've found that all a girl needs to conquer the world is a living God (I've found Him to be rather big on adventures), to have had one true love at some t...Expand for more