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Real Name:
Lori
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Spain
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Europe/Madrid
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<p class="ecxecxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">I was born in Canada in the province of Alberta but I have lived almost half of my life in Andalucia in the south of Spain. I came to Spain in 1987 with a Rotary Scholarship to Study flamenco guitar with Mario Escudero and Manuel Cera.<span> </span>At the same time I finished my classical guitar studies at the Superior Conservatory of Music in Seville and I now work as a guitar professor at the conservatory of Isla Cristina in the province of Huelva.<o p=""></o></span></p>
<p class="ecxecxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">My love for astronomy began as a child. When I was 10 years old I bought a book through my school called “Know the Stars” by H. A. Rey. It was a wonderful book available through a magazine aimed at fostering reading skills in school children. The book, which I still have, taught me the basics on stars and the most important constellations.<span> </span>When I was 12, I took an astronomy course at the planetarium of Calgary as a member of the girl scouts which helped to strengthen my basic knowledge.<o p=""></o></span></p>
<p class="ecxecxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US">In Canada I always watched the incredible lights of the aurora borealis and all my life I have been careful not to miss the eclipses and meteor showers but I never studied in depth and conformed with the little I knew until the summer of 2009.<span> </span>It was when I was helping my son study for a Science exam that I discovered something that totally changed the way I understood our universe.<o p=""></o></span></p>
<p class="ecxecxmsonormal"><span lang="EN-US"><span> </span>I realized that until then I had not understood the structure and the immensity of our galaxy nor that there hundreds of billions of galaxies in our universe.<span> </span>It is….it is just mind boggling and has left me with a thirst to learn everything I can in the time I have left on this earth.<span> </span>It was like an awakening that has changed how I feel in relation to everything. I no longer take things for granted. I now look at the sun and feel it as the star it is and I am fascinated by its relation with the earth and its solar system and everything beyond.<o p=""></o></span></p>
<span> </span>How small we are!!
Member since: January 9, 2010 - 9:02am (2 years 3 weeks)
