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Valarie Clark, nee Schauble. That's me. Born after Columbus discovered America and before the end of World War II - which is as specific as I'm going to get!

Growing up in the Rock 'n Roll era was an experience appreciated even more in retrospect. I can personally testify to the fact that being in high school in the 1950s was all it's been cracked up to be - and more! Souped-up hot rods, dual exhausts, cow catchers, chopped and channeled Ford convertibles, necker's knobs, watching the submarine races, study hall, and sock hops… those were the days.

I saw the advent of television (those little screens augmented with a huge magnifying glass) and the ballpoint pen. Disposable lighters and filter-tipped cigarettes. Watched Elvis's TV debut (from the waist up) and went to the Drive-In on Saturday nights. Life in the '50s was in black-and-white - and it was fun. But standing on college campuses in the dark trying to catch a glimpse of the Russian sputnik, we all began to sense that things would never quite be the same again.

After graduating from college, I fulfilled the expectations imposed on my generation: marriage, work - as opposed to career - and then children. After three years in East Africa, four years on the East Coast, and three children, the next stop was the Netherlands - supposedly for two years.

Now… 30 years later, one divorce wiser and a second marriage richer, I'm still in the land of tulips and taxes. I have my own translation agency, which I founded in 1982, and whenever I have a window of time I play golf, garden, and read as much and as often as I can. These days I'm a working grandmother with a very busy schedule, but never too busy for extra bits and pieces.