R. Blondie
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| Gender | Female |
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| Occupation | Retired |
| Location | Pacific Northwest, United States |
| Introduction | Retired educator with experience teaching everything from preschool aged children to adult learners. Taught a wide variety of subject matter to children as well as adult education classes for both native English language speakers and those with limited english skills. Strong business experience in the staffing industry with many successful placements and sales. Generated many millions of dollars in new revenue for the company. Worked with hundreds of businesses in recruiting appropriate candidates. Provided employment counseling and job search training at the college level. A lifelong reader and wife to a wonderful well adjusted and funny man for over 41 years. proud to be the mother of two successful and talented adult children. |
| Interests | INTERESTS Spending time with family and friends. Reading is favorite pastime. Also love going to movies and the theater. Enjoy a nice dinner with my husband or whole family and friends. Riding my Trikke and bike. Enjoy internet research, blogging, traveling, home decor and growing flowers. |
| Favorite movies | Some favorite movies that come to mind are: Brideshead Revisited, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Spellbound, Pride and Prejudice, How to Make an American Quilt, Sense and Sensibility, Hustle and Flow, Pride and Prejudice, Everything is Illuminated,Take the Lead, Run Lola Run, Crash, Walk the Line, Catch Me If You Can, Enchanted, Akeela and the Bee, The Birdcage, Dreamgirls, Stomp the Yard…and the list goes on. |
| Favorite music | I love a wide variety of music from many decades. There are hundreds of songs and groups I could mention. The following come to mind: Tina Turner, John Gary, Luther Vandross, Patti Labelle, Doris Day, Michael Jackson, Andrea Bocelli, 5th Dimension, Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, Enya, Alicia Keyes, Janis Joplin, Josh Groban, Simon and Garfunkel, Eurhythmics, the Mamas and the Papas, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Crash Test Dummies (I love their "Superman Song" which makes me cry every time I hear it as it is about selflessness.) I love all the old Motown stuff. I love both Cher and Celine Dion and the list could go on for paragraphs. I am not into angry and violent music. |
| Favorite books | Favorite books and authors are: first and foremost Author, James Michener. His books offer so much I wrote him a fan letter and he even wrote a thank you letter back to me. His letter is one of my prized possessions. His books are interesting, heartwarming, epic and educational. He was such a decent man. If you've never read any of his books start with "The Source”. Recent favorite authors are: Alexander McCall Smith's charming series about the woman who owns The Ladies #1 Detective Agency in Botswana. Also enjoyed:A Name of Her OWn by Jane Kirkpatrick, Night by Elie Weisel, Point to Point Navigation by Gore Vidal, Wait Till Next Year by Doris Kearns Goodwin, A year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion, Kite Runner, Angela's Ashes, 'Tis and Teacher Man both written by Frank McCourt. Sigrid Undset, Norwegian author and Nobel Prize winner wrote a series of novels that are so important for girls and young women to read. They are: The Bridal Wreath, The Mistress of Husaby, and The Cross. I love the advice and wit of Miss Manners , Free To Choose by Milton Freedman, The Book of Virtues by William J. Bennett, The Bookseller of Kabul, Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (Written in 1950’s and updated is eerily wonderful).Other Fav authors that always write great things are Amy Tan and Barbara Kingsolver. |