Karen Anderson
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Author |
| Location | The Picturesque Hudson Valley Region of New York State, United States |
| Introduction | Author "A Fairy-Tale Christmas" (Stewart Tabori & Chang 2006) Married 19 years and mother of five (—it's the new two!) |
| Interests | Just about everything having to do with civilization and culture: The Arts, History, Science and Natural History, Theology, Philosophy, Medicine, Fairy Tales and Folklore, Saints, Feastdays and Ancient Customs, Literature and Movies, Handcrafts (especially those involving needle and thread), Fashion, Interior Decorating, Childrearing, Did I leave anything out? |
| Favorite movies | Pride and Prejudice (BBC 1995 version), Emma (1996 Gwyenth Paltrow), Narnia 1 (2005), Narnia 2 (Prince Caspian 2008), Enchanted (2007), Miracle on 34th St., Come to the Stable, Lilo & Stitch, Barbie 12 Dancing Princesses, Babette's Feast, Laura, My Fair Lady, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Raiders of the Lost Ark, etc., Movies are for me a source of penance unless they are very entertaining in which case I like them just fine. |
| Favorite music | Byrd, Palistrina, some Italian folk music by NCCP, Tchaikovski, Medieval, Renaissance, Burgundian; Classical guitar, some Middle Eastern music, anything with a kind of exotic flair, favorite instruments are the oboe and the guitar. |
| Favorite books | Pride and Prejudice by Austen, Tour of the Summa by Msgr. Paul J. Glenn, Cheaper by the Dozen & Belles on their toes by Gilbreth, Fairy Tales, The Bible, Looking for Jackie by Kathleen Craughwell-Varda, White on White by Stephanie Hoppen, They Have a Word for it by Howard Rheingold |