Tanya

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Gender	Female
Industry	Education
Occupation	College professor - retired (2015)
Location	Marietta, Ohio, United States
Introduction	Mom of adult children. Lover of life, languages, the outdoors, art,& music. Knits, grows orchids and a good garden,and loves making handmade paper and mixed media assemblages from plants and found objects. Lives with four outdoor cats, two corgis, and wild critters on a 34-acre farm in southeastern Ohio. Always has her camera handy.
Interests	Art, music, travel, foreign languages and lands, reading, gardening, cooking, theater, photography
Favorite Movies	Any of the Pink Panther movies (old or new), The Big Lebowski, and current noteworthy films
Favorite Music	Just about everything except twangy country music, loud distorted metal, and offensive rap
Favorite Books	The Poisonwood Bible, Prodigal Summer, Lacuna, Flight Behavior (Barbara Kingsolver), The Book of Intentions, Waiting for Snow in Havana, Learning to Die in Miami (Carlos Eire), So Far From God (Ana Castillo), The Secret Life of Bees (Sue Monk Kidd), Snow Flower and the Secret Fan, Peony in Love (Lisa See), Water for Elephants (Sarah Gruen), The Secret Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz), The Goldfinch, A Man Called Ove