As part of a continuing reinvention of myself, I now have my own blog.

My reinvention started about 16 years ago, after my second divorce. The subtitle above implies that I “just go for it” some of the time, and this was one of the times when I had to.  I had taken both of my ex-husbands’ names during the marriages. After the second divorce it was clear to me that my previous three names (including of course my maiden name) wouldn’t work for me. So I researched my family tree, and although there were some other interesting names – a great grandmother named “Nettie McDowell” was a front runner – I decided to adopt my mother’s maiden name. The judge okayed it, and this is my name for my life.