Q-Where on earth are you from anyway?

A-I was born in Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis, and grew up on Stratford Avenue on the East side of the city. I attended Christian Park Elementary School #82, and graduated in 1965 from Thomas Carr Howe High School. I have remained friends with several of my childhood friends; we call ourselves The Stratford Avenue Gang, or SAG for short. (See: Let’s Play With Images Photo Gallery) In 1966, at the young age of eighteen, I married my first husband, Jim Coe. We moved to Lewisburg, Tennessee on a whim two years later when Jim, for some unknown reason, decided he wanted to live south of the Ohio River, and eventually settled in Louisville, Kentucky where all three of our sons were born in the 70’s and early 80’s. Jim and I divorced in 1989, and we both eventually remarried. I currently reside as an empty-nester with my husband, Craig, in Floyd County, Indiana (Back Home Again, north of the Ohio River) in a modest home of my own design on two wooded acres.

 

Q-How do you lean politically?

A-I find it best not to discuss politics.

 

Q-What is your religion?

A-I find it best not to discuss religion.

 

Q-Is there anything you will discuss?

A-Sure thing! Allow me to explain the religion/politics issue. I was raised in a Christian religion, and chose to remain in it for over forty years. That particular faith taught its followers to have no involvement whatsoever in affairs of the world, such as politics, voting, flag saluting, etc. Since I kept an impartial state-of-mind for decades, I now find it difficult to get too excited one way or the other when politics becomes the topic of conversation. It’s fun to sit back, however, and watch other people engage in fiery tirades, as though their immediate life were in danger. (Which, in fact, it very well may be—I do admit!) Having left it all behind in 1997, I have pretty much the same attitude toward organized religion. That is, it’s interesting to sit back and watch other people make fools of themselves as they get red-faced, pound their fists, and try to prove theirs is the religion of God’s Choice. Oh, Pleeaase! Don’t get me wrong, I have definite opinions on both subjects, but I find it best to discuss neither one, as I put great value on my inner peace. I've probably said too much already.