I was born and raised on a levee camp around Memphis TN during the 1950's. My father owned a construction company and had a contract with the Corp of Engineers to build levees up and down the Mississippi River. I was raised primarily by a black woman as my mother worked in the commissary on the camp. I was taken to black country churches by my black nurse, Ivory, who was married to one of my father's workers, Charlie "Bee." It wasn't until I was five years old that we moved to midtown Memphis and I started school at Peabody Elementary School in the 1950's, before desegregation.

People with similar interests to mine.

Not much at present.

Music, books, art, movies. I listen to Galactic, String Cheese Incident, Rebirth Brass Band, Ry Cooder, Jeff Beck and too many more to mention. My favorite artist is Alexander Calder. My favorite book is "The Good Earth." My favorite movie - I have so many.

House, CNN, History, Discovery

Too many.

The Good Earth, The Alchemist, The Stand, The Bible

"You see but you do not observe. There is a distinctive difference."

Sherlock Holmes

My mother who died in 1995 of Alzheimer's Disease and my cousin, who recently died of Alzheimer's Disease. All Alzheimer's Disease patients are my heroes.