Ricki Nordmeyer
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Museums or Libraries |
| Occupation | Librarian (Retired) |
| Location | Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | I was an only child and am the mother of two daughters, Lisa who teaches high school French, runs marathons, and holds monthly soup nights for her friends and neighbors, and Michelle who has been a photographer, chef, community activist, labor organizer and is currently a bricklayer. Paul, my husband of 43 years was a maintenance supervisor for United Airlines, loves autoracing and finally found a 1968 Dodge Charger that he can refurbish and drive. I was the manager of the Popular Services Dept. of the Skokie Public Library ( as opposed to the unpopular services) and love sharing good books with everyone, patrons, friends, fellow staff, etc. I also had a business called Read-a-Likes which sold readalike bookmarks to over 500 libraries in the U.S. and Canada. I was raised in Indiana on a vegetable farm and went to Purdue U. where I met my husband...we are soooo traditional and now soooo retired. We recently purchased a 2nd home in Sun City AZ and will become snowbirds. |
| Interests | books, meeting authors, travel, free cell, counted cross stitch, painting, Nascar racing |
| Favorite movies | The Way We Were, It Happened One Night, Yankee Doodle Dandy, Cold Mountain, The Wizard of Oz, Hoosiers |
| Favorite music | Celtic music like that of Loreen McKevitt and Enya, Country music like Alabama, Barbara Streisand, Edith Piaf |
| Favorite books | My Antonia by Willa Cather above all, serial killer novels, The Cat Who... mysteries, Peace Like a River by Leif Enger, the Bottoms by Joe Lansdale, and The Book Thief by Markus Zusak |