Karen
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Ne'er-do-well |
| Location | The Jersey Shore, Eastern Seaboard, United States |
| Introduction | Wife, mother, shopkeeper ~ I sew, collect, quilt, cook, travel, antique … the days are just packed! I am the only daughter of an only daughter of an only daughter ~ going back 7 generations. Every one of them, a craftswoman; every one, a collector. I grew up in my father's two general stores and I, in my turn, owned and ran a 150-year-old general store/antique shop/cafe for a decade ~ tag sales and antiquing are a wonderful way of life. |
| Interests | cooking, quilting, antiquing, sewing, ephemera, travel, movies, antique prints & engravings, Colonial Williamsburg, early American samplers, William Morris, Miro, Björk, Limoges, needlepoint, ... (tell me when to stop) ... |
| Favorite movies | Saratoga Trunk, Finding Nemo, Casablanca, Love Actually, His Girl Friday, The Princess Bride, The Decalogue, Double Indemnity, Pulp Fiction, Meet Me In St. Louis |
| Favorite music | Vivaldi's 4 Seasons, Beethoven's Pastoral, Debussy's Claire de Lune, Kleine Nacht Musik (anything Mozart actually), Canon & Gigue in D Major, Björk, Joni Mitchell (then & now) |
| Favorite books | The Name of the Rose, everything Austen particularly Persuasion & Pride and Prejudice, The Talisman, Every Woman's Luck Book, Book of Days, The Complete Far Side |
Your people want to make a statue in your honor. What will it be made out of and what victory will it commemorate?
Herbed Butter. Your complete surrender to my sweet, creamy, savory disposition.