No website about me could be complete without mentioning my beautiful, brown-eyed daughter, Tasman. She was named after the sea between Australia and New Zealand and, while some people have been known to use the opposite description, I like to call her the Tasmanian Angel. She often travels with me (at 11, she's been to more countries than most adults I know), she was a cover girl before she turned 3 and she beats me at practically every game we play except Scrabble---and that, unfortunately, is only a matter of time. She's going into sixth grade next year, she has her own travel column (well, we sorta write it together) and she doubles as The Great Tazini, a talented magician who has performed for audiences all over Lawrence and Kansas City.

She has her own business card, lots of wonderful playmates and the following nicknames:

** Tazmo

** Razz-a-ma-Tazz

** Tas--MAN (with the accent on the second syllable)

** Rooskers

** Tazeroo

** Mosky

** The aforementioned Great Tazini

** The aforementioned Tasmanian Angel

** Zuchinninni

 

 

Taz and me on the Big Island of Hawaii.