Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	preschool teacher
Location	In the Sierra Nevadas, United States
Introduction	I blog about rural living and social issues, and the creativity that comes from knitting, as well as post random pictures of the Sierras and my burros. "In order to be an artist, one must be deeply rooted in the society" - Simone de Beauvoir
Interests	Hiking, kayaking, snowboarding, burros,donkeys, knitting, quilting, ghost towns
Favorite movies	Pirates of the Caribbean, Cold Mountain, old Clint Eastwood and Klaus Kinske films
Favorite music	bluegrass, old-time mountain music, reggae, alternative, Dixie Chicks, Shania Twain, Ricky Skaggs, Bill Monroe
Favorite books	Refuge, by Terry Tempest Williams, anything by Jane Austin, Tony Hillerman mysteries, Jo-Ann Mapson and Barbara Kingsolvers' books

You can punch a hole in an apple using a straw. How do you think that makes your milkshake feel?

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