Activist teens and 20's, 2x teargassed (Berkeley, Nixon White House). Retired-various careers. Speak and read French all right, can read a bit of German and understand a bit (working on it). Also working on Spanish and Italian. Two grandsons, one trans, one cis. Bookish - fan of hard boiled policiers, Irish, British, Scots as well as Michael Connelly, and others. Love art and antiquities, visits to museums. Love libraries, should have been a librarian - worked in one for a bit after retirement.