Bellona of Avalon
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Arts |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Location | Pacific Northwest, United States |
| Introduction | I was born in Colorado to a full-blooded Norwegian/American mother from North Dakota and a Cajun/Scottish father from Mississippi. Raised and educated in four states, eight public schools, and one liberal arts Lutheran college, I somehow ended up in South Dakota and was married to a mostly Dutch guy for twenty years. I then returned to Colorado for a seven year experiment living at high altitudes. I now call the Pacific Northwest home where I try to blend in with the natives driving my Subaru Outback and sporting hiking boots. Yes, since you asked, I am a cat lady. Freya and Luna are their names and I happily serve them. I have two sons whom I adore beyond reason. The younger one lives with me and spends an inordinate amount of time on his computer creating video games and composing music. The elder one lives nearby with his amazing wife and their fluffy pup Gimli. Technically I'm a grownup but I seldom behave like one. © 2007-2026 CJ MacBroome |
| Interests | writing, live music, gardening, beer, world peace, vikings, NPR, Barbie, key lime pie, Arthurian legend, Venn diagrams, palindromes, Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle, photography, kissing, faeries, romance, costuming, twinkly eyes, kindness, flannel pajamas, shoes, Julia Child, passion, Celtic Spirituality, decorating, poetry, food & wine, pink flamingos, coffee, cats, thunderstorms, quarks, cobalt glass, split aparts, going barefoot, creme brulee, fractals, naps, recycling, road trips, pizza, the Fibonacci sequence |
| Favorite movies | The Secret of Roan Inish, Young Frankenstein, Body Heat, Chocolat, Serenity, Muriel's Wedding, Moonstruck, The Big Chill, Groundhog Day, Star Trek (2009), Bagdad Cafe, Out of Africa, Steel Magnolias, Practical Magic, The Gods Must be Crazy, Under the Tuscan Sun, Victor/Victoria, Boys on the Side, Cold Comfort Farm, Monty Python and the Holy Grail, Rocket Gibraltar, The Princess Bride, Being There, High Fidelity, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory (1971), The Triplets of Belleville, Local Hero, Chasing Amy, The Commitments, I Love You to Death, A Fish Called Wanda |
| Favorite music | Beatles, Bacharach/David, Mary Chapin Carpenter, Patsy Cline, Leonard Cohen, Eric Clapton, CSN&Y, Elvis Costello, Eagles, Dan Fogelberg, Heart, Don Henley, Hozier, Jethro Tull, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Gordon Lightfoot, Lyle Lovett, Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell, John Prine, Bonnie Raitt, Red Willow Band, Paul Simon, Steely Dan, Sting, Susan Tedeschi, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Stevie Wonder |
| Favorite books | The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley, A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, anything by Kurt Vonnegut, Carl Hiassen or Margaret Atwood, the earlier sci-fi by Aasimov and Heinlein, the poems of Constantine Cavafy and Pádraig Ó Tuama, The Bad Speller by William Steig, How to Eat Like a Child by Delia Ephron |