Laurene

My blogs

Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Human Being
Location	South Suburban Chicago, Illinois, United States
Introduction	I am a fifty-something woman who has a number of health issues and is using these blogs as journals to document the the happenings in my life. Tres Amigas is a blog in which I document my friends' & my efforts to get together & cook traditional ethnic foods so that their recipes & instructions aren't lost forever. Leftovers was a blog that I used to kvetch about my messed up health. Enjoy!
Interests	Food, politics, art history, archeology, ancient history, music, general science, medicine, paleontology
Favorite Movies	The Godfather I & II, Missing (Costa-Gavras), Moonstruck, Monsieur Vincent, The Nun's Story, Song of Bernadette, Marcellino Pan y Vino (for my secret childhood desire to become a nun)
Favorite Music	Lately, Bossa Nova & Fado, anything by the Beatles, Soul & Funk, Crosby Stills, Nash & Young, Bob Dylan, Grateful Dead, Joni Mitchell, Steeleye Span, Fairport Convention, Eminem, Steely Dan, Paul Simon, the Blues, Afro-Pop, Cafe Tacuba
Favorite Books	Kurt Vonnegut Jr., Wallace Stevens, Colleen McCullough, Anne LaMott, Anthony Bourdain, Truman Capote, Harper Lee

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