Welcome!

Who is Dara Golden?

Let's see ... to start, I'm now a SAHM - yep, a stay-at-home-Mom. Have a kid. An adorable active child we're home schooling. Yes, huge responsibility - both the child and the home schooling. I still write, though mainly articles for a trade newsletter, the East Bay Chapter of the STC. I'm not always writing for them, but have a few articles over here.

What else - ah, digital scrapbooking has taken over my life now. With the Great Grandmothers pretty far away from our child, the only way they get to keep up with what's going on in our child's life is either via the phone or, ta da, photos. The photos have helped my Grandmother continue to stay in touch with her only great grandchild. Knitting has taken a holiday right now, though I've got a number of projects on the needles or in my mind to work on. In fact, one of the projects I've been working on is now - gasp - two years old. Luckily it's not a sweater for the child, right?

Old but relevant news ...

I'm married to Mark Roulo and have a stuffed bunny named Mr. Bunny [note: Mr Bunny's page is under construction as a few things must be updated!].

Wedding pictures are available for viewing.

In January 1997, I attended MacExpo in San Francisco, as my alter-ego "The Button Lady" and this picture was taken of my Mom and me.

Current Projects

• Catching up on scrapbook pages - September 2006 is half-way done and I haven't done any for the month.
• Trying to update this page occasionally - seven years out of date is, well, rather embarassing!
• Keeping up with our child - did I mention that the child is very active and has a busier schedule than I've ever had in my life?

Some of my interests ...

• artwork (Michelangelo, Egyptian, photography, Tiffany stained glass, Maxfield Parrish, Mucha, and Art Nouveau)
• history (Henry VIII, Cleopatra, San Francisco, and knowing a tad more than my child when it comes to World War II airplanes)
• autobiographies/biographies of Hollywood stars (George Burns, Lauren Bacall, Jack Benny, Jean Harlow, Theda Bara, Marilyn Monroe, Clara Bow, Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks, and Lillian Gish)
• fictional biographies of people (anything Irving Stone or Margaret George have written)
• marine mammals (whales, seals, and sea lions)
• invertebrate marine life (sea stars, chitons, and Vella Vella)
• interesting fish (Humuhumunukunukuapua'a and Triggerfish)
• natural sciences, including volcanoes and earthquakes
• collecting trivia facts (Charles Panati books), and
• facts about San Francisco/Bay Area history (including Alcatraz, The Cliff House, and The Exploratorium.
• I also like cows - a lot!
• Due to my child, I'm now into Fire Safety and have made acquaintances with a number of local fire departments.

Whew! That's a lot to keep track of!

Links to Places

• Movie Database
• Yahoo
• Google
• The Smithsonian Institution
• Web Pages that Suck
• National Geographic

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Last updated: 18 SEP 2006 Previous last update: 2 DEC 98