Doni Tamblyn
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born
October 01, 1952
in San Mateo CA, The United States
gender
female
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About this author
Born in the San Francisco Bay area, by a strange twist of fate I spent part of my childhood living in a log house on a cattle ranch in the Canadian Cascades. There I spent my formative years slinging hay and attending a one-room school with neighboring kids whose idea of a "spirited debate" was a snowball with a rock in it. It was during this time that I learned some very useful lessons, like how much weight a 50-pound kid can carry (about 35 lb, if you drag it part of the way); mammals that can be dominated and mammals that can't (dogs and bulls yes, cats and bears sometimes, brothers and sisters seldom); 3) what it means if the tip of your nose turns white (it's frozen, and you need to thaw it at once or it might drop off).
As soon as I g...more
Born in the San Francisco Bay area, by a strange twist of fate I spent part of my childhood living in a log house on a cattle ranch in the Canadian Cascades. There I spent my formative years slinging hay and attending a one-room school with neighboring kids whose idea of a "spirited debate" was a snowball with a rock in it. It was during this time that I learned some very useful lessons, like how much weight a 50-pound kid can carry (about 35 lb, if you drag it part of the way); mammals that can be dominated and mammals that can't (dogs and bulls yes, cats and bears sometimes, brothers and sisters seldom); 3) what it means if the tip of your nose turns white (it's frozen, and you need to thaw it at once or it might drop off).
As soon as I graduated high school, I beat cheeks back to the nearest major city I could find (Vancouver BC), and continued to live in urban centers until I got married in 2005 and moved to the Jersey shore. Right now I'm listening to birds. Weird sound... VAGUELY familiar....
Happy times: Studying art in the 70s; performing cabaret in the 80s; arranging and singing a cappella in the 90s; discovering PHILADELPHIA in 2001 (do NOT tell anyone how cool it is -- we don't want to be another Seattle, thank you); the Summer of Love in 2003 (none of your business, but thank you for asking); spending 10 months in Shanghai with my husband in 2005.(less)