Carol Boruta: I Am Barnes & Thornburg

I AM...

• Of Polish and German descent. Got my red hair from my Grandma Mary whom I never met.
• A Chicago native, raised on the Northwest side, and a Cubs fan!
• An artist – mostly mosaic art, but also acrylic mixed media and photography
• A dog mom to two hounds - a beagle/basset (Zoe) and a coonhound/Australian cattle dog (Danny)
• A traveler. I’ve been to 24 states, plus Canada, the Caribbean, England, France, Italy, Mexico, and New Zealand.
• Blessed with a great circle of friends I adore, most of them I’ve known for over 40 years
• Someone who used to have a security clearance. I worked for a firm that did weapons analysis for the Navy.
• A person who doesn’t understand all the words in songs. Years later, I catch myself saying “Oh, is THAT what they were singing?”
• A fan of martinis, mainly the fruity kind. I’m having my 18th Annual Martini Party in August.
• A former limousine driver. There were no cellphones then so I always carried my Chicago-area map.

This profile appeared in the August 2023 edition of I Am Barnes & Thornburg.

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