Welcome!

This is my personal home page. Allow me to introduce myself!

I like to spend my free time reading science fiction & fantasy, knitting, exploring with my computer, and going to college hockey games. I love to travel by train. I enjoy many types of music, including celtic, zydeco, folk, electronic music, early jazz, and even circus marches! My favorite time of the year is winter.

I'm married to Erik Biever, who patiently taught me to skate, and shares my love of winter, reading, college hockey and train travel. Erik works for the University of Minnesota Libraries system as a systems specialist. 

By trade, I'm a computer programmer analyst for the Minnesota Secretary of State's office. I use a rather arcane 4GL database language called MAPPER, which is a Unisys product, to develop and maintain the Business Services database applications. We will be converting to a dot.net environment in the near future so I am going to be learning some new tricks soon.

I have had a personal web page since 1994, but I haven't spent much time with it since 1996. I am updating it now in order to help out with some family projects and to have some fun.

Here are the catogories I've set up for this site:

Family:

Family will include the following sections:

Family Events: This section will have information and photos about family milestones and events, like graduations, weddings, etc. I'll also have a list of important dates like birthdays and anniversaries.

About Dad: Updates about Dad's health and other concerns will be available in this section. I'll also have information and photos from Dad's vacations and outings.

Dad's House; I'll post updates on the progress of clearing and cleaning up the house and putting it on the market will be included in this section.

Items from Dad's House: This section will have information and pictures about items from my Dad's house. The purpose of this is to help family members decide what items they might want to keep, and to make sure everyone is informed about who has what items. This should also help us make decisions about what items can be gotten rid of or sold.  Right now this is the my main effort in updating this web site. 

Good Times:

Good Times will be about fun times and adventures, including hockey road trips, vacations, social and political events, and the like. Categories will change depending on what's going on.

Thoughts and Dreams:

My thoughts and ponderings about life will be put forth here for your bemusement. I'll also have a section here called "There Oughta Be' in which ideas about things that should exist but don't yet will be discussed.  This idea has been kicked around for many years so I'm hoping to have some fun with it.

Creative Life:

This section will have information about various creative endeavors I am involved in - craftwork, art work, classes and workshops.

I will also include my zine, Remnants, which explores the inner life involved in craftwork and creativity.

I hope you enjoy your visit here!