Parsan
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Retired-TV,Radio,Arts Co.,teaching college students and pre-schoolers |
| Location | Troy, NY |
| Introduction | I am very grateful to have had a “Mayberry” childhood and I miss my Mother and Father every day. Off and on, I have been a resident of NYS for 61 years, but my heart is in WV. Traveled to many countries with my musician husband; favorites are Finland, Norway and France. I am blessed with 3 wonderful children and 3 beautiful grandchildren. Oh yes, and my cat Freddy. |
| Interests | Family, museums, art, music, theater, books, friends, golf, football, genealogy, history, animals, the ocean |
| Favorite Movies | Adult fairy tales—- My Fair Lady, First Wives Club, My Cousin Vinny, A Christmas Story, Oklahoma, 9 To 5, You’ve Got Mail, The Shop Around the Corner, The Devil Wears Prada And—-The 400 Blows. The Virgin Spring, Juliet of the Spirits, 2001: A Space Odyssey, Notorious, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Horses Mouth, Two For the Road, The Lady Killers, On the Beach |
| Favorite Music | Jazz, Chamber, Classical Piano and Orchestra. Opera, Big Band, marching bands, Barbershop quartets, music of the 40’s, Beethoven, George Crumb, Mozart, Puccini. Debussy, Bizet. Chopin. My husband, Bill Evans, Oscar Peterson, Coltrane, Phil Woods, Johnny Hodges, Jane Monheit, Ella Fitzgerald, YoYoMa, Itzak Perlman, Jacqueline du Pre, Glenn Gould, etc. etc. etc. |
| Favorite Books | History, biography, mysteries, Favorite books—-A Child’s Garden of Verses and A Moveable Feast. And — Dr. Seuss, William Kennedy. Doris Kerns Goodwin, Gay Talese, David McCoulough, Stendhal, Balzac, Agatha Christie, Harper Lee, Shelby Foote, Edith Wharton, Henry James, Jane Austen and Billy Collins have all written books that I have read and love. |
If Life is a smorgasbord, why just settle for soup?