My Life So Far

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My Life So Far
Daphne Hamilton-Nagorsen LIBR 500 daphnehn_at_shaw.c
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Growing Up

• Born in Victoria
• Grew up in Metchosin, near Victoria
• Lived on a farm
• We had cows, chickens, turkeys and a big
  vegetable garden

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My Early Life and Family

• I lived with my mother and Dave
• My grandparents lived next door
• I have other relatives in Courtney, Prince
  George, Alberta and Ontario

Daphne, age 6 months
Daphne, age 3 years
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The Family Pets

• Pets were a large part of my life growing up
• We have had ten cats
• We also had a little Chihuahua

Chava (top) Cressida (bottom)
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And More Pets!
Tommy, Flori, Mirando, Komo (above) Sephy (top
right) Poco (bottom right)
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Then I Adopted a New Pet

• I adopted Sir Grizzly when he was 3
• I had him for nine years, until he passed away in
  November 2003
• He was very affectionate and cuddly!

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Kailea

• Kailea was adopted from the SPCA in December 2003
• She was 6 months old
• She helps me with my assignments and makes sure I
  get up in the morning
• Kailea has the most incredible tail!

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Pet Names

• Our pets are often theme-named
• Chava and Tevye Fiddler on the Roof
• Poco poco in music means little
• Cressida and Sephy (Persephone) Greek mythology
• Tommy Sir Thomas More, English Renaissance
  author of Utopia
• Komo, Mirando and Flori short forms of
  Indonesian islands (Mirando was originally called
  Miranda until we found out he was a boy!)
• Sam and Frodo Lord of the Rings
• Sir Grizzly named by his original owner, origin
  of name unknown
• Kailea Kailea Vernius, a character in the Dune
  prequel series by Brian Herbert

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An Active Life

• I was taken on many hiking trips when I was a
  child it seemed that we went everywhere
• Strathcona Park,
• Olympic National Park,
• Nanaimo Lakes,
• and many more
• We also went on bike trips to places like the San
  Juan Islands, which are very bicycle friendly

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Strathcona Park
Camping
Rock Climbing
Ropes Course Zip Line
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Trip to Europe

• In 1992, I was able to go on a trip to France and
  Switzerland for 10 days
• We saw many places including
• Larc de triomphe, Place de la Concorde, the
  Louvre, the Effiel Tower, the French Riviera,
  Monaco, and Geneva
• It was a wonderful experience and one that I
  would like to do again

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Europe
Larc de triomphe
Place de la Concorde
Le sacre coeur
Switzerland
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Interests and Hobbies Clubs

• Science Fiction Society
• Member since 1998
• Social Coordinator (1999-2001)
• Librarian (2000-2001)
• President (2001-2003, 2004-2005)

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Interests and Hobbies Clubs

• Walter Gage Toastmasters
• Member since September 2003
• VP Education 2004 2005
• Completed CTM (first 10 speeches) August 2004

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Interests and Hobbies -- General

• Reading mainly science fiction and fantasy
  books
• Favourite authors are JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien,
  Tad Williams, Gayle Greeno and Mercedes Lackey
• Crafts
• Cross-stitch
• Rugs

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The End