Alysse the Likely

Alysse the Likely
(Liese van Lingen)

Biographical sketch
 

I was born August 31, 1971. Don't remember much about that, but this is what my mother says so it must be true - she was there. I was number three of what eventually became a family of eight.

Photo of Liese

Photo of Liese (Alysse the Likely), Bard Judith's younger sister.

I and my siblings were homeschooled until Grade 9, at which point we entered the local high school. The most important thing I learned here was that it does you no good to be one of the brightest kids in the class unless you are clever enough to pretend not to be too smart. Unfortunately I wasn't that clever.

At age 18 I went off to postsecondary education and majored in English, with a History minor and as many electives in theatre, art, and philosophy as I could stuff into my schedule, not to mention extracurricular activities such as choir, school plays, writing for the school paper, etc. During the school year I worked part time helping out in the library and cleaning the science labs to help pay for tuition and expenses. Good preparation for what we jokingly used to call "the real world", where juggling with time constraints and responsibilities becomes even more complicated.

Anyway, after college, I joined the alumni choir, where I instantly fell for a stunningly gorgeous bass voice in the back row (I have a weakness for basses), turned around and discovered the packaging was pretty nice too. Mike was a friend of my older sister, so after practise I coaxed her to introduce me and we hit it off right away. Then it turned out that he had just received a job offer in Toronto (where I would be moving that summer) and would be living very close by and even attending the same church! Well, I was delighted. We spent some time getting to know each other, I finally asked him out on our first date and the rest is history. We've been married nearly nine years and have 3 children, ages 6, 4 and 13 months.

We bought a house in the north end of Toronto last year and will spend the next 5 years or so fixing it up. Decorating and renovating figure largely in my present and near future!

Gender Female
Date of Birth August 30st, 1971
Profession Domestic engineer
Languages English and kid-speak
Location Toronto, Canada
Nationality Canada Canadian, of Dutch/English descent
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Favourite Books/Authors In no particular order: Mercedes Lackey, P.G Wodehouse, Robertson Davies, Terry Pratchett, Dick Francis, Esther Friesner, J.R.R. Tolkien, Alan Dean Foster, Judith Tarr, Gordon Korman, Christopher Stasheff, Rudyard Kipling, Berkeley Breathed, Bill Watterson, Steve Adams... the list goes on and on and on...
Favourite Musicians Moxy Fruvous, Barenaked Ladies, Crash Test Dummies, They Might Be Giants, most classical artists, notably Mozart and Tchaikovsky, folk music - my tastes, like me, are eclectic.
Favourite Games Adventure style computer games, puzzle games, Balder Dash, Taboo, Scrabble, Upwords, card games, Twister, etc.
Hobbies Reading aforementioned authors, writing, singing, exercising, playing aforementioned games, cooking, listening to aforementioned music, sleeping (I'm the mother of three children and the youngest is still nursing!)
Santharian Focus Bestiary entries, herbarium entries, story writing
Joining Date April 30th, 2004

Santharian Works

Bestiary Azhorhrian Desert Horse, the
Brinn'si Wild Horse, the
Carriage Horse, the Sarvonian
Centoraurian Horse, the
Domestic Pig, the
Draught Pony, the Sarvonian
Furno, the (Kanapan Bull)
Gnarco Toad, the
Gull, the Sarvonian
Heavy Horse, the Sarvonian
Hollup Frog, the
Hydragon, the
Iceland Icemut, the
Kaimun, the
Kiang Donkey, the
Kyck-Kyck Frog, the
Leveret Rabbit, the
Lysh Pike, the
Makaka Ape, the Nybelmar ("Elf Whelp")
Ophochio Swamp Wyrm, the
Pinnip, the
Quagga Wild Horse, the
Riccio Rodent ("Pricklypig"), the
Rimrunner Terrier Dog, the
Tirpan Horse, the
Swamp Stalker, the
Herbarium Juk'lan Shrub, the
Kragghi Vine, the
Squilla Fungus, the
Miscellaneous Amantry Industry, the
Racial Crossbreeding in Caelereth
Scurfy Disease, the
Musics Santharian Lullabies (1) Songs of the Kuglimz (1)
Library Love Poems (2)
Orcish Songs (2)
Santhalan Bedtime Stories

The Rimrunner that Saved a Village
Santharian Lullabies (1)
Septimus Smallpiece's Book of Bawdy Verse (3)
Skipping Rhymes (2)
Songs of the Kuglimz (5)
Songs of Merriment (1)
The Tale of F'ash

Chapter 1 - The Raid
Chapter 2 - Escape
Chapter 3 - Crazy Man
People Artanmies, Founder of Naurooth
F'ash, the Bard and Archivist
Judith of Bardavos, Masterbard (pic)
Reve'lor, Menagerie Owner
Places Kanapan Peninsula, the
Lorehaven, Manthrian Port
Naurooth, Town of
Prominent Mountains, Town of
Silvermarshes, the
Races Orc Race, the  
Santhworld Santharian Trivias (4)  
Treasures & Oddities In Praise of a Dream (1) Recipes for Dame Sausade's Cookery Book (3)
Tribes Kuglimz Criminal Justice Codes, the
Kuglimz Wedding, the
Orcristh Orcs, the

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