Roberta Star
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | Writer, Retired Nurse |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States |
| Introduction | Long ago, army brat, dog tag and security pass for Camp Mackall, North Carolina, soldiers boxing outdoors at night, with my father as judge, World War II, father shipping out to the pacific, mother and I living with grandparents in upstate New York. Back to Boston in 1946 with father and mother who seemed to take a lot of afternoon naps, brother Stan born in 1947. Big debates on whether to name him Steven or Stanley. Agreement on NMI (army lingo for no middle initial). to be continued … |
| Interests | News junkie, the English language, words, colors, symbols, reading and audiobooks–nonfiction, poetry, and mysteries, novels, writing, all things pleasant, pleasurable, and peaceful |
| Favorite Movies | Swedish Versions of Girl With Dragon Tattoo et al |
| Favorite Music | Charlie Parker, Charlie Haden, John Coltrane, Bud Shank, MJQ, Theolonius, Mozart, Christopher Parkening, Segovia, Choir of the Vienna Hofburgkapelle, Hymns, Tallis Scholars, Mary McCaslin, Joan Baez, Judy Collins, Melody Gardot Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, Dubliners, Pinetop Perkins |
| Favorite Books | The poetry of Mary Oliver, TS Eliot, Gaudy Night, Lolita, The Lazarus Project, Meditating on Four Quartets, Memoirs of Hadrian, Track of the Cat, High Crimes, all books by Charles Todd, Jo Nesbø, Lee Child, Ken Bruen, His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass et al, The Tin Drum, The Hours, Constantine's Sword, Thus Was Adonis Murdered, The Shortest Way to Hades, The Sirens Sang of Murder, The Sibyl in Her Grave, The Poisonwood Bible, The Feeling of What Happens |