Lori (Holkestad) Duke:  

Hi, y'all! For me the question is not "where do I begin", but "how can I keep it short?". Let's see: Married Roger Clark 1975 Divorced 1980 Married Patrick Duke 1995 Still happily married. No kids, two dogs and two cats. Live in Orange, CA. Got fat. I was in mortgage banking for 50 years, since 1971. (I know, the Evil Empire that brought about the terrible credit crises this country was in in 2008). My husband and I are homebrewers, and I just won TWO first place blue ribbons at the Orange County Fair for my entries in the Traditional and Other Mead categories. Mead is like a wine, only its made with honey. (Does anybody like Appletinis? That's what my Other mead tastes like - with about the same level of kick!) I also took second place in the National Homebrewers Competition for the Traditional mead. I took French in Jr & Sr high for 5 years, was president of the French Club for a year, and FINALLY made it to France in 1990. While I loved the trip, I'm almost sorry now that I didn't take Spanish. It would hav...Expand for more