I was born on 27 January 1954 and lived the first three years of my life in Greenwich Village, N.Y.C. in a neighborhood where Dorothy Day, Jack Kerouac and Bob Dylan passed through. 

I came of age in Levittown, Long Island but have been a creature of the Deep South for over thirty years.

I worked in the ghettos and low-income projects of Orlando as a Visiting Nurse for ten years before marrying Dr. John S. Fleming, Internist/Geriatrician/Teacher in 1990. We moved to 10 acres of environmentally protected land in South Lake County in 1998.

Since moving to South Lake County, I have donated over 1,000 hours at the Westminster Care Center, mostly in the Alzheimer's Unit. I was a weekly volunteer and founder of the Reading Pals Program at Groveland Elementary School from 2000-2005. In 2011 I began volunteering with a non-profit that ministers to the homeless and those at risk of homelessness in Lake County, Fl.

FUTURE PLANS:

I began to dream of serving in the US House of Representative shortly after founding this site.

On 7 January 2012, I founded:

Long story short:

I want to serve my state and nation because I believe the well being of every resident in Florida is connected to the well being of every American.

The well being of every American is connected to the well being of every human being and every form of life on our planet.

One must not just act locally and think globally, for to whom much is given, much more is required.

I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territories seven times since June 2005 and am convinced the 'war on terror' must be fought at the root-and all roads lead US to Jerusalem.

I will work to protect the environment, the nurturing of children, the building of Habitat for Humanity homes for single parent families.

If elected I will donate ALL my take home pay after expenses to travel, live and work in D.C. to finance Habitat for Humanity homes for qualifying single parent families and veterans in the district I serve.

I will have an open door for my constituents; but lobbyists will have to make an appointment.

I will seek to reconcile and mend foreign relationships and uphold the spirit and intention of the Constitution of America that successfully separated and balanced governmental powers to safeguard the interests of majority rule and minority rights, of liberty and equality, and of the central and state governments.

One's religion; faith, ethics and values should guide them; and NOT be used to control another.

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People I admire most:

Brigid of Ireland: who had a fire in her belly for the poor and oppressed.

Terese of Liseux, who did little things with great love.

The eccentric Francis of Assisi: who talked to birds and mooned his father and a Bishop in the same moment.

Thomas Paine, Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr., Mordechai Vanunu, Mairead Maguire, Thomas Merton, the Berrigan Brothers, the Jesuit John Dear, the radical Matthew Fox, who is a former Roman and now Episcopal priest. The very right, Palestinian Anglican Reverend Naim Ateek, American Israeli Jeff Halper who co-founded and is coordinator of Israeli Committee Against House Demolitions and anyone who has ever stood up for the underdog's human rights and all who seek peace through justice.

But most especially, my role model and the 'patron saint' of my website: Dorothy Day, who a century ago agitated church, state and mainstream media most eloquently through her periodical The Catholic Worker, which persists today.

Favorite Bible Verse:

"What does God require? He has told you o'man! Be just, be merciful, and walk humbly with your Lord." -Micah 6:8

Favorite Fiction: A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving

Favorite Movies: Field of Dreams, A Hard Days Night, The Concert for Bangladesh, Little Shop of Horrors, The Blues Brothers with John Belushi, Good Night and Good Luck and V for Vendetta.

Favorite Musicians: Bob Dylan, U2, the Beatles, George Harrison, John Lennon, Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, Van Morrison, Neil Young, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Jeff Healy, Bob Marley and vintage ZZ TOP.

Favorite Fun: Rollerblading, hiking, white water rafting, swimming, agitating church, state and limp MSM.

Favorite Founding Father: Tom Paine

"Soon after I had published the pamphlet "Common Sense" [on Feb. 14, 1776] in America, I saw the exceeding probability that a revolution in the system of government would be followed by a revolution in the system of religion... The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion."-Tom Paine

                               In solidarity Yes We Can begin the world again!