Country Mouse
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Am I Bugging You Yet?
- California Native Plant Society
- clay and limestone
- Curbstone Valley
- DryStoneGarden
- Garden of Native Plants
- Garden Rant
- Gardening Gone Wild
- Index of /blog
- naturescaping with california native plants
- netzerolife
- Rooted in California
- Sierra Foothill Garden
- Town Mouse and Country Mouse
- Wild Suburbia
- Yes Vermont Yankee
| Industry | Non-Profit |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Santa Cruz, California, United States |
| Introduction | I am perpetually falling in love with our 3 ridge-top acres in the Santa Cruz mountains about six miles inland and north of Soquel/Santa Cruz. We're in a mild microclimate - USDA Zone 9, Sunset zone 16 (coastal/banana belt) with chaparral, mixed evergreen forest, and redwood habitats to cherish and protect. I am ever learning about our local native flora, and hoping not to burn to bits in a wildfire, or fall off the ridge in an earthquake, or get eaten by a mountain lion. I retired from tech writing June of 2012 to devote more time to family, to habitat restoration, and to writing of different types. I've had several articles published in the Santa Cruz Sentinel. I am myself a transplant - from Scotland. |
| Interests | Gardening, California flora and fauna, reading, writing, bicycling, hiking, playing flute ineptly. |
| Favorite Movies | Shirley Valentine, Local Hero, The Shawshank Redemption, Secrets and Lies, All the Jane Austen movies, bad or good. |
| Favorite Music | Bach, Beethoven, Mozart, Keith Richards, Rolling Stones, Richard Thompson, Robert Burns naughty songs |
| Favorite Books | Jane Austen, too many others |