Gender	Female
Location	Biddeford, Maine, United States
Introduction	I am a fifty-plus-yo wife and mother of 3 sons. We are empty-nesters, with just a cocker spaniel and a fish in a tank to nurture . We are no longer as busy as we once were, and I have a bit of a homebody life, with domestic tasks and arts filling my life. I blog here to chronicle the creative parts of my days.
Interests	reading, classic movies, home decor, knitting, crocheting, embroidery, sewing, family gatherings, tea time, vintage fashions, traditional domestic arts
Favorite movies	Little Women, Amelie, Now Voyager, Meet Me in St. Louis, When Harry Met Sally, Mrs. Miniver, Royal Wedding, The Letter, Rebecca, Suspicion, Night of the Hunter, Easter Parade, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, The Clock, How Green Was My Valley, GWTW, Singin' in the Rain, Julie and Julia, The Shop Around the Corner, The Good Old Summertime, You've Got Mail
Favorite music	Frank Sinatra, Tchaikovsky, Chopin, Debussy, Bruce Springsteen, Talking Heads, Peter Gabriel
Favorite books	Little Women, Anne of Green Gables, Anything written by John Steinbeck, Laura Ingalls Wilder series,

Lionesses have no manes. How do they know when they've grown up?

Because of the way lions shake their manes when they walk by.