Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	Writer, author
Location	Sandpoint, Idaho, United States
Introduction	Visit wwww.mariannelove.com to learn more about my three books "Pocket Girdles," "Postcards from Potato Land" and "Lessons with Love." visit www.mariannelove.com. For autographed copies, contact me at potatohead89@hotmail.com. Books are also available at www.amazon.com. I'm old, married, mother of two, retired English/journalism teacher and freelance writer. Besides writing, I enjoy gardening, photography, geocaching, horses and traveling. My quirky, sometimes irreverent sense of humor comes naturally through family genes. So, bear with me.
Interests	Hiking, geocaching, biking, news, people, traveling, horses, photography, Border Collies, politics,anything teaching, and, of course, blogging.
Favorite movies	Napoleon Dynamite, Prairie Home Companion, the Movie, The Mission, Dances with Wolves, Stand by Me
Favorite music	All kinds, except heavy metal
Favorite books	Any John Krakauer or James Michener book. All-time favorite is Seabiscuit. Most recent favorite is The Whistling Season by Ivan Doig. Of course, I love telling folks about my own: Pocket Girdles, Postcards from Potato Land, and Lessons with Love: Tales of teaching and learning in a small-town high school. Newest all-time favorite---another Laura Hillenbrand book "Unbroken."

Try making up the rules to a game where you tie knots in a yo-yo string just to see if you can get them out:

Get the scissors!