Amy Kane

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Atlantic Ave.
At home on the New Hampshire Seacoast

Amy Kane

I was a correspondent for local newspapers for many years, writing about all sorts of things and taking pictures too. Now I'm taking the spring and summer off. Then I might have to go get a job.

I am married to an airline pilot named John and we have two daughters, Anna and Laura, ages 19 and 14. Anna is in college, Laura is in high school. We have a dog named Zeus and a cat named Zelda.

I have five far-flung siblings with unusual talents and a father who is finally writing down the bedtime stories he told us as a child. I am the oldest.

I was born in Camp Lejeune, NC, on March 12, 1962.

My hobbies are reading, writing, traveling (mostly close to home), boating, walking by the ocean, making soups, stews and chilis, learning new stuff, taking pictures, and blogging.

We have 14 acres of mostly red maple swamp and a pond in a nice grassy field. The ocean is two miles away. My husband has a big garden and keeps us in vegetables. Sometimes I wish our town had sidewalks.

I started off majoring in English and Anthropology at an Ivy League university. Later, after a succession of kind of weird jobs, I earned a BA in Geography from the University of North Carolina. (I like maps.) I'm into nature, but you couldn't really call me "green."

Politically, I'm conservative with a mild libertarian streak. I am hooked on the democratic process, especially at town level.

I used to be ubiquitous about the town and schools but I'm kind of burnt out on volunteering and community journalism.

I believe: Just because something is a good idea doesn't necessarily mean you should do it.

I grew up in Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia, met my husband in South Texas, eloped in Massachusetts (Cape Cod), learned to fly and worked in a bookstore in North Texas, had my kids in North Carolina (where I was born), got too much sun in South Florida, and mostly love living in New Hampshire... except for the long, dark, cold, bleak, miserable winters.

When I was a kid, I thought I would grow up to be an explorer or archaeologist, or write and take pictures for National Geographic magazine. Instead I have had much smaller adventures, much closer to home.

What I am good at (minor superhero powers):

* Getting small children to fall asleep.

* Not being noticed, when that is my intent.

* Trivial Pursuit.

* Cleaning the refrigerator.

* Shooting the flower heads off dandelions in the backyard with a 9mm pistol.

* Making good guesses.

* Liking and using words. Getting a 50 on FreeRice.com.

* Google searches and research in general. Being curious.

* Navigating – in the woods, cars, boats, planes.

* Lending a hand to magical beings like Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy and the Easter Bunny.

* Short-sheeting beds on April Fool's Day and getting away with it every year.