grinnin1
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | artist/wanna be writer |
| Location | st louis, Missouri, United States |
| Introduction | I'm a mom, not a perfect one by far, but I love them with all that I am, so I hope that covers a lot of mistakes. I'm a painter and teacher, both of which give me great pleasure every day, and make a little to live on. I love to write and I use my painting and my writing as a springboard to motivate me and break through blocks in both areas. |
| Interests | being a mom and having fun with my husband and kids for as long as they'll let me! Painting, drawing, writing, reading, movies, nature, biking,traveling,music, gardening(badly), walking |
| Favorite movies | Sideways, Almost Famous, Jack goes boating, Amelie, Good as it Gets, the Help, lot's of Alfred Hitchcock, A Christmas Carol, A Wonderful life, The Visitor, Christmas Vacation, Throw Mama from the Train, the Goonies, |
| Favorite music | Everything - Louie Armstrong, Willie Nelson, Norah Jones, Aerosmith, Tony Bennet, James Taylor, Sarah Mcloughlan, Vince Gill, Van Halen, Coldplay.... on and on. Do not like a lot of stuff from the late 60's and early 70's(with the exception of the Beatles) or the early 90's, other than that, most everything! |
| Favorite books | Diaries- Ben Franklin, Samuel Sewell, Emily Dickenson, Martin Luther Early American history books: 1776, American Jezabel, The Midwife, Annie Dillard books, Gift of the Sea, by Anne Morrow Lindberg, Charlotte Bronte, Louisa May Alcott, Nathaniel Hawthorn, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, Free Play by Nakmonovitch Not a big reader of fiction, but I like a lot of Maeve Binchy's books, loved "The Help", "Wrinkle in Time" by L'Engle was always a favorite and have discovered with my kids and fallen in love with the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling -brilliant and incredible writing! |