� � Welcome to my hideaway office of the Nile Museum. Pull up a chair.

� � Although there are no certificates on the wall, my degree in art history from Berkeley, after art study in Boston, resides in the file cabinet. There were no internet courses offered back then. On my desk is a modern poem about Bast, the goddess often depicted as a cat. I wish I had written it!

� � As a lifelong Egyptophile I live with a passion for the Egyptian Arabian horse, which I have bred since 1975. So my office is cluttered with images of Egypt and horses, books, books, pedigrees and snapshots, and imitation artifacts. Not to mention the computers and technology to capture and "matt" art work digitally, rather than with the matt knife and cardboard of the real world. My hieroglyphs are on computer, not scrolls or walls. Besides Amelia B. Edwards, my writing muse is Seshet, a most ancient goddess.

� � I am also the webscribe for a group of breeders on the Nile Muse. They indulge me as long as I keep their foals and news facts current. So don't be surprised that Nefertiti, with her chariot team of horses, leads you around the museum. She is just a slightly older person than myself who was also captivated with the Egyptian horse.