I'm a native New Yorker, a born-again Kansan and a naturalized Texan. I was born in Brooklyn, where I earned my B.A. in English from Long Island University. I then attended the University of Kansas in Lawrence. There I met John Blair, and we were married in 1967. I have been a resident of Arlington, Texas, since 1971. Health problems forced me to retire in 2001 from a long career in copyediting and proofreading, and I have finally learned some things about living with disability. Besides reading and writing poetry, my interests include cats, birdwatching, gems and minerals, jewelry making, counted cross-stitch, all sorts of music, gardening and the sea.