Julia Siporin:  

Life Greetings! I am happily married to Alan Siporin and living in Eugene. I've been teaching mostly third grade & a 3 yr stint at middle school for the past 22 years. I'm going half-time this next year so I can enjoy more of my own life. I do quite a bit of yoga, I knit, garden, write, and travel when I can. I spend too much time working at school & playing with technology. I hang out with family which includes 2 grandchildren among others. I still enjoy spending leisurely days on the river swimming, relaxing, & grazing on homegrown fruits & veggies. All in all, I love life; eating great food from the garden (We harvest about 80+ artichokes each summer as well as 5 kinds of blueberries, strawberries, raspberries, corn, eggplants, peppers, tomatoes, herbs galore, roses & other fragrant flowers .... you name it; it's paradise. My husband does the lion's share of the garden, stonework, & waterfall construction on our property. He published a literary thriller several years ago called "Fire's Edge". I created a web page which I'm not allowed to post ( ??) The novel was chosen as one of Oregon's top three novels and was Eugene's 2nd annual community-wide read called "Readin' in the Rain". It's a fairly gritty novel that deals with racisim & homophobia; high school students have really devoured it which is exce...Expand for more