If there was ONE good thing to come about as a result of my upbringing, it would be that my parents--through their missionary service in Central America & subsequently raising me in the Southwest--perhaps unknowingly introduced me to the cultures & history I find most fascinating--all of it as close as the nearest reservation or archaeological ruin. Depending upon who you ask, 'Mesoamerican culture' can take in anyone or everyone from the earliest Olmecs to the present-day Pueblo Indians & tribes of the Four Corners region (where the states of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, & Utah all border one another..)
At various times I have also been intrigued by the ancient Egyptians, the Aborigines of Australia (said to be the oldest intact culture in the world--30,000+ years???), & too much more to list. Eventually I would like to delve further into the earliest history of my own ancestry--Scandinavia, the British Isles, Central Europe, & the Baltic region..
Isn't the freedom to learn & explore wonderful???
DR