"My mother said I must always be intolerant of ignorance but understanding of illiteracy. That some people, unable to go to school, were more educated and more intelligent than college professors."  - Maya Angelou

Below are some of my internet 'leavings' I have created over the years.  I probably spend more time online than I should but I learn something new with every click.

The Edwardian Age

Rudolph Valentino Galleries

Rock Hudson Galleries

Ava Gardner Galleries

Autograph Collecting

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Links to websites of my friends.

Rudolph Valentino Falcon Lair

Silent Ladies & Gents

Cody's Autograph Site


I have a love of books, fine art and a fascination with abandoned buildings.  

Black Mask Downloadable Books

Virtual Fine Art Gallery

Cliff House Project - San Francisco

Grave Addiction - Cemetery Art

Forgotten Places 

I have training and a continuing interest in criminology.  My life has taken other directions, but I enjoy reading about cases and theory.

The 'Madison Man' is special to me because I took the phone call that gray Thanksgiving Day morning.  After over a decade of being a cold case, he has been idenitifed.  Both he and his family finally have closure.

Madison Man - Doug Prouty

Criminal Minds & Methods

You have probably figured out by now I am a bit different - always have been. While all of us were impoverished growing up, I thought and acted differently than my friends and have ended up with a life much different than theirs.

I became a grant writer for non-profit housing organizations after graduate school in the early 90's.  I ran job and housing rehabilitation programs and believed that because I grew up poor, I understood the needs and thinking of other disenfranchised people.  This was a very frustrating time for me because the way I saw and experienced the world was once again very different than the people I was trying to help.

After several years of increasing frustration, I left the non-profit world and have spent the past decade working for Fortune 500 companies.  I currently work as a research business analyst and project manager.

I still have ambitions of being a successful writer.  I started out as a writer and hope to finish there.  The circle is sacred to the Lakota and it is sacred to me.  Life and time are not linear, everything moves in circles. Sometimes to reach the end, you need to jump back to the beginning.

doloresm@gmail.com