About Me

  • About Me: I am a Deaf, Catholic, Mom, Wife, Artist / Author.

Books

  • Favorite Books: Adventures of the Stainless Steel Rat, Grimm Dragonblaster Chronicles, Harry Potter, Foundation Trilogy.
  • Favorite Genres: Science Fiction, Fantasy, Well written history, "How To" for art, crafts, garden, home.
  • Recent Reads: Kittenwar (cute)

More About Me

  • Nicknames: nancy, nance, hey you!, Mom, MOOOMMMMMMMM. From DH honey, sweetie, and others I will keep to my sweet self. NanLou, Nancy Louise.... and others unprintable when they can not get my very deaf attention and throw socks at me to do it!
  • Nationality: Where there have been people, I have ancestors...
  • Religion: Catholic POST VII, And Bible reader
  • Heroes: My created family, which includes my proofreading DH!, My nearest and dearest friends, Connie, Jean, and Julie (you know who you are). My Aunts Margo and Daisy (Rest in Peace), Gene Roddenberry for Star Trek, Clara Burton (Red Cross U.S. chapter founder), NASA Astronauts, Stephen Jawking (therotical physics), Louise Nelveson (artist), Georgia O'Keeffe (artist and feminist), and many many more...
  • Interests: Life and how to live it in harmony.
  • Expertise: Writing, Art, Photography, Life Issues, Deaf Culture, and Women's Rights around the world.
  • Occupation: Author, Artist, Mother, Mystic
  • Industry: To grow beauty within the human soul and express it outwardly.

Television

  • Favorite Shows: Sacturary with Amanda Tapping on Sci Fic.
  • Favorite Channels: Sci Fic, TNT, Oxygen, Discovery, Science, any PBS
  • Favorite Reruns: Star Trek (the whole francise), Bonanza (its Captioned now!!!) and I WISH, Dark Shadows with Caption!!! Any takers?
  • Most Addictive Show: right now? NUTHIN!
  • Favorite Late Night Talk Show: Does Web Surfing count?
  • Favorite Episode: can't think of any...
  • Characters you relate to: Kirk and Spock while growing up, now Captain Janeway of Voyager and Forensic Specialist Abby Sciuto on NCIS
  • Favorite Theme Song: Its a small world after all... (just cuz it drives my family nuts!)
  • Show I Secretly Watch: for now, zip, nada...
  • Show I wished wasn't cancelled: Farscape, Xena, Stargate SG1 and Atlantis, Voyager

College

  • School Name: Rochester Institute Of Technology
  • Status: Alumni
  • Class of: 1985
  • Attended: 1979 - 1985
  • Degree type: Bachelors
  • Major(s): Fine Arts
  • Minor(s): Commuicative English
  • Organizations: N.T.ID. Combo Band

NanLou4

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    • Name: Nancy Louise
    • Gender: Female
    • Member Since: 7/20/2005
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Memories (2)

  • NanLou4
    Cherry Trees are Fat with flowers, The clouds are heavy with promise of rain and wind. I predict pink and white petal snow upon our lawn and walks. No worries, the trees will bloom again, like pretty thumbs upon noses to the north, defiant as always.
    • Posted 3/21/2009 3:14 PM
    • by NanLou4
  • NanLou4
    Snow again on Mt. Diablo! This is the third time in the seven years I have been living on Treasure Island there has been snow on that Mountain. Before that? Once a decade, if that! They say there is no Global Warming? Really? Take a Hike up there and see for yourself!
    • Posted 2/23/2007 5:25 AM
    • by NanLou4

Chatboard (7)

  • NanLou4
    Try as I could, I have not been able to see the Milky Way since, well, forever. I do wish I knew where I could see them again....
    • Posted 8/14/2009 4:35 AM
    • by NanLou4
  • NanLou4
    Is there any place in this world, where one can still see the stars or the Milkyway in all its glory? I mean other than the middle of the desert or 5 thousand feet above sea level (I can't breathe that high, heart can't pump well enough...) I miss seeing them.... Anyone else see them a lot? If so, w
    • Posted 3/21/2009 3:10 PM
    • by NanLou4
  • NanLou4
    Now that Summer is comming, but the Gas is high, what if any trips are you gonna take?
    • Posted 6/2/2008 10:27 AM
    • by NanLou4
  • NanLou4
    I find that many orally raise deaf in all hearing families tend to have seven things in common with me. 1. They are strong minded and opinionated as the results.2. They tend to be artistic (at least the women do)3. Women are more accepting of their deafness and Deaf culture, weather they are a part
    • Posted 4/23/2008 1:58 AM
    • by NanLou4
  • NanLou4
    yes I did. I agree with the ending to leave the cochlear implant ending open, as the focus was on the relationship. How relationships between hearing and deaf values can be torn apart by perceptions of what each thinks is better for the other.  There was a play in the Bay area a few years ago, I was
    • Posted 4/23/2008 1:50 AM
    • by NanLou4
  • DogNanny08
    Your profile kind of fits mine.
  • DogNanny08
    Have you seen the movie with Marlee as a mom with deaf son last Sun? The father is hearing and wanted his son to have cochlear implant. It was a good movie.