Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Musical Wordsmith
Location	Chicago, IL
Introduction	I'm a country-bred city woman, attempting to make beautiful and meaningful music in the midst of the endless noise and broken lives around me. I like to find redemption in every story. What's yours?
Interests	Flickering candlelight, beautiful music, thoughtful novels, cozy armchairs, aromatic coffee, my loving husband, and my merciful Savior.
Favorite movies	You've Got Mail, Return to Me, Sleepless in Seattle, (the kind of romantic comedies they don't really make anymore), Beauty and the Beast, The Young Victoria, And other period pieces like BBC's/A&E's versions of Jane Austen's and Charles Dickens' novels.
Favorite music	Ella Fitzgerald is my favorite vocalist., Pink Martini is my favorite band., I love to listen to most genres:, classical, jazz, folk, celtic, bluegrass, soul, blues, rock, etc.
Favorite books	Jane Eyre (Bronte), Emma (Austen), Phantastes (McDonald), Pride and Prejudice (Austen), Mere Christianity (Lewis), Sense and Sensibility (Austen), Art and the Bible (Shaeffer), What's So Amazing About Grace? (Yancey), (I bet you thought I was about to say "Austen"...)

You've broken up with your old band and are about to release your first solo album. Please write the liner notes:

This was probably a bad idea...