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Hi - My On-Line name is CrowTalker!
In real life, I am a wife, mom and grandma, and a retired school teacher who can't seem to stop teaching.
I was born and raised in a small, rural, upstate New York farming community not far from my current home, but I have also lived in a couple of the western states and Alaska.
I was born into a family of teachers. A great aunt, three of my aunts, an uncle, my mother, and three of my cousins were all teachers. There was never much question of what I would do when I grew up - though for a while I did entertain ideas of becoming a forest ranger.
Before retirement, these are some of the things that I did:
- Taught in the public schools, a private Christian school and helped my daughter home school my grandson.
- Ran a small sign store with my husband.
- Was active in 4H Club work (as a member, junior leader, leader and committee member).
- Was on a volunteer Search and Rescue team.
- Was active in my church choir, teaching Sunday School and Vacation Bible School.
- After retirement I discovered forums, PSP, graphics, and HTML. That is how I spend a lot of my time now. My newest project is learning to use and teach XHTML and CSS.
- My favorite place to be is out in the woods - either by myself or with my family. I have always been interested in nature and wildlife. My current "dream" is to be physically able to enjoy bicycling, hiking and backpacking again. I try to go out walking every day.
I try to walk my path in balance and harmony. Currently I am concentrating on my physical health (diet and exercise) and stretching my brain (learning graphics and Web Page making). And I still find ways to teach things to people.
How I Got My On-Line Name
My daddy grew up on a small family farm in the early 1900's. There were his granddad, dad, and several uncles to do the farm work. Although he did have his chores to do, he was also allowed to spend a lot of his time on his own out in the fields and woods learning about the creatures who lived there.
Some of the animals that he came to know were the crows. He learned about their ways and he learned to talk to them in their own language. As a young child, I remember his standing at our backdoor and calling to the crows. They would answer back and come to talk. My daddy seemed to understand what they were saying and he could answer them.
I never learned to talk to them in their language. Although, I do have some understanding of the meaning of some of their many different calls. I often talk to them in my language. They answer back in theirs. Most of the time I just "think" to them. It is hard to explain how it works - basically we communicate in "mental pictures" and "feelings". Wherever I live, soon there are crows who come to make friends with me.
My Web Sites
- As a Crow Flies
- This is a place to share with others some of what I have learned about creating graphics with Paint Shop Pro and information on creating your own web pages. It contains some reference pages and some graphics tutorials that I have written.
- CT's Nest
- That is THIS web site and is my personal site containing family stuff.
- The Crow's Nest
- This site contains information about Ebook creation, publication and a bit about marketing the Ebooks you create.
My Delphi Forums
The content of these forums is roughly similar to that of some of the web sites listed to the above - however - the forum format lends itself to interaction and conversation. Please visit me there to talk about things. I like to help beginners when I can.
Note: membership in Delphi forums is free.
- CT's Nest
- My personal forum - a place where I store links to sites that I like and write about my interests.
- Adoptable Web Page Layouts
- Adopting a layout is a lot like adopting a doll or a signature graphic. The basic code for the page along with any graphics needed for the layout are provided.
- Ebooks: Writing / Publishing
- If you are new to Ebook writing and publishing, this is a place to ask questions, get help and encouragement and share your work.
- Web Publishing
- Questions about web hosting? We do our best to help?