Elaine Minamide

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About me

Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation English teacher
Location Escondido, California, United States
Introduction I'm ending this blog but continuing to write. Visit my other blog (Minamide Musings) for thoughts on education, books, culture, politics, faith, identity, and who knows what else.
Interests Writing, cooking, reading, walking before supper, birdwatching, rose gardens.
Favorite Movies Chariots of Fire; Almost Famous; Ladyhawke; Truly Madly Deeply; Last Waltz; Newsies; Funny Girl; Fiddler On The Roof; American Splendor; Bourne Trilogy; Lord of The Rings; Signs; Remember The Titans; Juno; Shine; Once; Before Sunrise; Before Sunset; Walk the Line; Lovely & Amazing; Whatever Happened to Gilbert Grape?; School of Rock; Pirates of the Caribbean; Gosford Park; Moonstruck; The Santa Clause.
Favorite Music Classical music. Anything acoustic. Joni Mitchell. Paul Simon, especially his solo work. Jason Mraz. Norah Jones. I also like Annie Lennox. Jack Johnson.
Favorite Books A Room With a View. Mere Christianity. Les Miserables.