Sue was born in Rochester where she lives today in the Spoonhower “log cabin” of legend. Sue and her husband, Tom started dating at 15 but didn’t get married until after she came back with her Theology degree from the University of Toronto. Theology led to a long career as a school teacher. Sue has recently retired and devotes a lot of time these days to Yoga, volunteer teaching and privately reading. Her best recommendation from her recent reading is The Time Traveler’s Wife, about which she says

“It is a science fiction love story and it was the most beautiful story I have ever read.”

Speaking of love stories, Sue was introduced to Kathy by Spoons in Ithaca but she didn’t immediately identify her as ‘the girlfriend’. That came later. She has always felt that Kathy was an easy fit with the family. According to Sue, Kathy is open and easy to talk to, even about her research: “accelerating protons.” Dan on the other hand works on more esoteric subjects and is simply said by his family to “work on secret code.” Sue was extremely proud of the puzzle game that Dan and his CMU cohort invented for a conference this last year. When she read the description in a local paper it reminded her of Dan’s Dungeons and Dragons days, about which she said,

“In the 9th grade he was really into it. He was the only one who understood all the rules so he was the ‘dungeon master.’ I thought this puzzle game must be similar but he says Dungeons and Dragons had nothing to do with it.”

Sue has fond memories of arriving at campsites all over New York and taking a leisurely walk with her younger children Rachel and Ben while Tom and Dan erected the “city of tents” that was to there home away from home. This summer she is really looking forward to meeting Kathy’s family and the Spoonhowopic friends.