Tiny Dancer
My blogs
| Industry | Arts |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Dancer, Author |
| Location | Millboro Springs, Virginia, United States |
| Introduction | My first job was awesome: Little Red Riding Hood. My career went downhill from there. Though I seldom believe war is the answer, my first career job was buying missiles. I proudly managed an environmental engineering firm focused on improving air quality; I was horrified to work at a quarry blasting a beautiful canyon. I adored co-hosting a Big Band Swing radio show with an amazing mentor and on my solo nights, I read Spanish poetry to El Paso and Juarez. I have years of war stories as a general civil law practitioner in PA & was a lawyer for a fast company in Austin during the dot.com era. I loved teaching business law to grad students at UTEP. I had mixed feelings about being a substitute teacher in rural VA, but it allowed me to be near my young children in their years of uncertainty after my husband died in a hiking accident. I liked being the Concierge and Historian at an elegant resort. Managing a community library was very cool. I was in my element on my organic vineyard and farm, decimated by deer during a five-year stint of managing a luxury apartment community on the water in St. Pete. I wrote my first novel during my tenure there: Renting the Veil. |
| Interests | Viticulture, astronomy, traveling. |
| Favorite Movies | Fiddler on the Roof, White Christmas, Bob Dylan, Patti Smith's Dream of Life, Wings of Desire |
| Favorite Music | I love so much music, from symphony and opera to bluegrass and rap, including of course blues, rock, jazz, fusion. Bach's double violin concerto especially moves me. |
| Favorite Books | Renting the Veil, Oliver's Travels Boos One and Two. Haha...and quite a few more! Am presently enjoying Saul Bellow's Henderson the Rain King. and listening to Stieg Larsson's Millenium Trilogy on audiobook while driving. |