Dava Castillo
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| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Retired |
| Location | California, United States |
| Introduction | I am retired and live in the mountains of Northern California. I have a nine year old lab named Risi. |
| Interests | Being a Mom to 3 beautiful, grown children and now a Grandma to new grandson : ), Reading, blogging, sewing, cooking, gardening,enjoy all sorts of music, reading about history, 19th century literature, Greek and Roman authors like Homer and Virgil, favorite movies are period pieces and historical fiction. |
| Favorite movies | There are too many to name. I prefer historical movies and dramatizations of 19th century fiction. |
| Favorite music | I like all kinds of music. I find Celtic music to be haunting and soothing. I like classical, Brazilian, popular 80s music. I listen to all kinds of music. |
| Favorite books | Too many to name. As of today 11-11-10, one of my favs is Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigried Undset. Jane Smiley's Greenlanders is similar, but different styles. I prefer to give authors rather than books. I like most English, French, & Russian classics. Marquez, Esquivel, Borjas, Jhumpa Lahiri,Neruda, Rilka poetry, Emily Dickinson, The English Romantics. Wordsworth, Shakespeare, Yeats, Eudora Welty, there are many not named here. |