Tracy has retired from MSU and moved to Arizona

to enjoy the snow-free winters & be closer to family.

She'll send some sunshine your way!

 

Tracy & her nephew Trey

Tracy with her nephew Trey, 2005

 

Personal Information: 

B.S.  Montana State University-Bozeman
          Biological Sciences, December, 1994
 

Certified Massage Technician,
          November, 1995

hands

 

 

 

 

Tracy with orphans in Peru, May 2007

Tracy with orphans in Peru, May 2007

 

Favorite authors:  J.K. Rowling, Barbara Kingsolver, Rosamunde Pilcher

Favorite color:  Blue!

Favorite flowers:  lilacs, sweet peas, pansies, columbine

Hobbies: Aikido (2nd kyu), water-skiing, hiking, origami, cross-stitch

Favorite movies (some of them):

 

 

 Big Sky Aikido

Favorite TV shows:

 

Favorite Websites:

Launch music videos  http://music.yahoo.com
Internet Movie Database  http://www.imdb.com
How Stuff Works  http://www.howstuffworks.com/
Kaleidoscope Painter  http://www.permadi.com/java/spaint/spaint.html
Quoteland.com  http://www.quoteland.com/
Get Fuzzy  http://www.comics.com/comics/getfuzzy/
The History Channel's This Day In History
Discovery.com  http://www.discovery.com/
Keirsey Temperment  http://keirsey.com/
Where the Hell is Matt?  http://www.wherethehellismatt.com/

 

Aikido with Justin

Aikido with Justin

At Machu Picchu, one of the 7 Wonders of the World!
In Peru at Machu Picchu, May 2007, one of the 7 Wonders of the World!

Favorite Quotes:

"It is good to have an end to journey towards, but it is the journey that matters in the end."
- Ursula K. Le Guin

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it."
- Ferris Bueller

"A dream is real while it lasts... 
Can we say more of life?"

"The purpose of aikido is to better people's lives, to make their spirits blossom and become strong, and by making better people, to make a better world."
- Sensei Mitsugi Saotome

"Nothing can bring you peace but yourself." 
- Ralph Waldo Emerson

"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." 
- Mahatma Gandhi

"What we have done for ourselves alone dies with us; what we have done for others and the world remains and is immortal." 
- Albert Pike


"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a little. Do what you can."
- Sydney Smith

"Listen to the Never haves,
Then listen close to me --
Anything can happen child,
Anything can be."
- Shel Silverstein

With school children in Tanzania

With school children in Tanzania, May 2014

 

Tracy in Hungary
At Festetics Palace in Kesthely, Hungary, October 2014

 

Tracy in Japan
With aikido friends in Mito, Japan, May 2013