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About me

Gender Female
Industry Education
Occupation Retired
Location Forest Hills, New York, United States
Introduction I think I am sort of interesting.
Interests Reading [especially novels and good biographies] No really technical and erudite articles meant solely for those in that particular field. Like to Write and love writing courses.
Favorite Movies Election with Reese Witherspoon, Whatever Happened to Baby Jane with Bette Davis and Joan Crawford, Schindler's List [has to be seen at least three times in order to totally get it], He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not [French with English subtitles starring Audrey Tattou, Imitation of Life with Lana Turner, Island in the Sun with Dorothy Dandridge, The Education of Sonny Carson, Raisin in the Sun, the b/w version of 1961, Grey Gardens, The Best of Everything, The Joy Luck Club. Television Movies: Funny Valentines, Lackawanna Blues, Something the Lord Made
Favorite Music Sarah Vaughan "Send in the Clowns", Bob Dylan, Doo Wops, Barbra Streisand, Good Gospel and Good Country, Ray Charles sings Country and Western, James Brown in 1962, Temptations, Chilites
Favorite Books Sula and The Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison, Jubilee by Margaret Walker, Autobiography of Josiah Henson, Blues People by Imamu Baracka, Angele's Ashes by Frank McCourt, Everything by Anne Tyler [esp. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant], The Perfect Story by Sebastian Unger, A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini. Short Stories: Goodman Brown, The Angel by Pearl Buck, Everything that Rises and Greenleaf by Flannery O'Connor.

Why don't you ever wear a scarf? It doesn't need to be cold outside for your neck to feel naked.

I adore scarves -- all colors, textures, lengths. Just love 'em