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[[File:AnnaStevenson2018.jpg|200px|right|Anna Stevenson]]
== About Me ==

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=== What is "fraise"? ===
''Fraise'' is French for strawberry. I like strawberries, and French. ''Voilà !''

=== Where I'm from, where I've been ===
* Originally from [[Springfield,_Oregon|Springfield]], [[Oregon]], USA.
* Spent a year as an exchange student in [[Lyon]], [[France]], 1997-1998.
* Then lived in [[Meilahti]], [[Helsinki]], [[Finland]] for two years, and worked in [[Ekenäs (Finland)|Ekenäs]] (Tammisaari).
* Moved to [[Nice]], France in 2000 and lived on the [[French_riviera|French Riviera]] until early 2014.
* Went to [[Paris]] for work and have lived here since.
* Places I've visited:
** [[France]]: [[Corsica]], [[Brittany]] (from [[Lannion]] to [[Rennes]]), the [[Loire valley]], [[Alsace]] (from [[Strasbourg]] to [[Mulhouse]]), the [[Jura]], [[Rhône-Alpes]] (from [[Lyon]] to [[Chamonix]]), [[Provence-Alpes-Côte-d'Azur]], and of course [[Paris]]
** Scandinavia: [[Norway]] from [[Oslo]] to the [[Lofoten]], and [[Stockholm]], [[Sweden]]
** Elsewhere in Europe: most of southern [[Finland]]; [[London]], [[England]]; [[Amsterdam]], [[The Netherlands]]; [[Ventimiglia]], [[Turin]], [[Genoa]], [[Pisa]], [[Vinci, Italy|Vinci]], [[Florence]], [[Milan]], and [[Venice]], [[Italy]]; [[Geneva]], [[Switzerland]]
** North America: [[Manitoba]] and [[British Columbia]], [[Canada]]; all US states [[Western United States|west of the Mississippi River]], and also [[Mississippi]], [[Alabama]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] and [[Florida]]
** [[China]]: [[Beijing]] and [[Tianjin]]

=== What I enjoy ===
I've always loved reading and foreign languages, and so enjoyed my studies — I have a B.A. ''magna cum laude'' in French language and literature, with a minor in music performance, from the [[University of Oregon]] ''([[Oregon Ducks|quack]])''. More recently, I obtained my Masters in [[comparative literature]] from the [[Université de Nice]] in France, with ''mention bien'' (''magna cum laude'' as well).

Favorite pasttimes are [[Mountain bike|mountain biking]], [[knitting]], [[running]], [[scuba diving]], reading (I've studied English/American, Native American, Russian, French, Italian, Ancient Greek, and others), [[gardening]], [[sewing|handsewing]], cooking, and [[DIY]] (home improvement).

=== Professional and Non-profit ===
In 2021 founded the French registered non-profit [https://aaers.org AAERS], Association for [[Adenomyosis]] and [[Endometriosis]] Research and Science. In French: Association autour de l'adénomyose et l'endométriose pour la recherche scientifique. As our name suggests, we support and promote evidence-based research and science for the two conditions.

Currently a [[quality assurance]] manager with a French consultancy, my job is to improve quality control processes. I've had the great luck to work in a wide variety of contexts and genuinely enjoy what I do.

Before moving into consulting, I managed globalisation/localisation/translation projects, and also worked as a freelance writer, [http://amnis.fraise.net editor, and translator] (French-English) for ten years.

=== Cats ===
In 2000, I adopted a white kitten with orange tabby patches who would go on to be an Internet sensation as the first cat on the web: le Chat Malo. His blog is offline now, but his memory lives on. In addition to posting captioned selfies on the web, he was a kindhearted cuddler.

A few years later, a wee fluffer whose whiskers had been cut off was rescued from abandonment in an apartment building entrance. He came to live with me, dark brown mackerel spots on light caramel fur, and thus I named him Kanoko, Japanese for "fawn." He grew up to be a very large, very fluffy, exceedingly sweethearted Maine Coon who is now nicknamed [[tanuki]].

Kanoko was joined by another rescue, Gray, who had been abandoned by his previous human to live on the streets. One of the gentlest cats I've ever met, his years alone had taken their toll and he passed away after only a year with us.

Not long after, a sprightly wee wildling who refused to let any human near her was having a hard time finding a home. I offered to take her in, and her guardian human finally managed to catch her a couple of weeks later. She became Susuwatari, Kanoko's best friend for the six years she was with us, and my dear chirpy companion who loved to help me knit. She never did let another human near her.

When miss Susu left, Kanoko was once again lonely, so we adopted a sweet little tortie who, in her four months of kittenhood, had already lived through abandonment, the streets, a hoarding situation, and finally a foster home. Her foster gave her the name [[Tara (Buddhism)|Tara]], and indeed, being a feline goddess of many colors, I kept it. She enjoys hunting earthworms, saying "hello" to neighbors, and teasing dogs.

In 2021 a malnourished, visibly mistreated, and severely ill cat found her way to a friend. Friend couldn't take in another cat, so after naming her Pandora since she'd seen it all, and nursing her back to health, friend drove her to me. Pandora very quickly learned to enjoy a loving home, but it took months for her panic attacks to slowly subside. She loves Tara and is admirative of Kanoko. She has beautiful tuxedo coloring (black and white).
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==On Wikipedia==
I am also on the [[:fr:User:Fraise|French]], [[:co:User:Fraise|Corsican]], and [[:no:User:Fraise|Norwegian]] Wikipedias, as well as on [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/User:Fraise Wikiquote].

* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Fraise Contributions on the English wiki]
* [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Fraise Contributions on the French wiki]
* [http://co.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Fraise Contributions on the Corsican wiki]
* [http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Fraise Contributions on the Norwegian wiki]
* [http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Special:Contributions/Fraise Contributions to Wikiquote]

===Wiki bookmarks===
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* [[Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style|Wikipedia Manual of Style]]
* [[Wikipedia:Cleanup|Cleanup]]
* [[Wikipedia:Citing_sources|Citing sources]]
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Infobox_templates Infobox templates]

===Temporary bookmarks===
* [[Kenneth Gaburo]]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/01/science/01arch.html?_r=1&em Culture of Old Europe (NYT)]

===Identity===
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