Julie
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Location | Chicago area |
| Introduction | I've felt a need to "write things down" ever since I can remember. I used to write feature stories for newspapers, until one day I suddenly found myself with three sons and realized I had enough to do for awhile seeing them through their baby and toddler years. Now that they've grown a bit older and more independent, I'm finding I can actually form a complete thought in my head every now and then. So I hope to put some of those thoughts down here in this "room of my own." |
| Interests | Movies, my favorite director is Peter Weir, my favorite actor is Russell Crowe, Rock and Roll, bluegrass, old-time country music, Celtic music, Chopin, Schumann, smoky sultry jazz, The Chicago Tribune, reading novels and magazines, essay collections, writing, rainy days, misty forests, walking among ancient hemlocks, baking, cooking, gardening, bicycling, hiking, camping, canoeing, The Northwoods, Michigan's Upper Peninsula, The Florida Keys, Chicago, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, my three sons, Down syndrome |
| Favorite movies | The Last Waltz, Gallipoli, The Year of Living Dangerously, Master and Commander, Witness, Damage, The Killing Fields, L.A.Confidential, The Sum of Us, Once Were Warriors, Sophie's Choice, The French Lieutenant's Woman, Coming Home, The Song Remains The Same, Deliverance, The Great Escape, Georgy Girl, You Can't Take It With You, Roman Holiday, The Haunting(the original) |
| Favorite music | The Band, Rick Danko, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, John Hiatt, Paul Simon, Van Morrison, John Prine, Bob Marley, Crowded House, The Clash, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash |
| Favorite books | The Magus, John Updike's Rabbit series, Wuthering Heights, many of the novels of Charles Dickens, D.H. Lawrence, Thomas Hardy, Tim Winton |