amber ladeira
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Publishing |
| Occupation | advertising, proofreading |
| Location | Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a 70 year-old retired intellectual/curmudgeon/activist, having stuck my toe in many aspects of public life since age 15 in Austin, TX. Main Causes: The environment, Nuclear reactor safety issues promotion, Civil, Human and Animal Rights, CeaseFire (the anti-gun violence group), supporting any candidate of any party (but usually a Democrat) who will work to support these values. I live in a near-west suburb of Chicago, in a small complex surrounded by sky and trees. |
| Interests | world news/politics, serious literature, the U.S. Constitution and related essays, the Federalist Papers, correcting errors of fact, physics, biology. (There's more, but boring to list EVERYTHING). |
| Favorite movies | People might actually care about which movies I like? |
| Favorite music | Bach,Mozart,Beethoven,Liszt, Prokofiev, Doc Watson, Big Bill Broonzy, The Sorry Muthas, The Eagles, etc. |
| Favorite books | The King James Version of the Bible,Testimony of Two Men,The Complete Works of Shakespeare, The Complete Works of Edgar Allen Poe, The Federalist Papers, environmental texts by Prof. G. Tyler Miller, Silent Spring by Rachel Carson, I have 400 books, mostly non-fiction, covering law, science, history, etc. |