dannajoy
My blogs
Blogs I follow
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Business Services |
| Occupation | Owner / The Joycup Co. |
| Location | Cayucos, CA, United States |
| Introduction | Hi, I'm Danna. Some call me "Joy" for my middle name. These are things that bring me joy: Creating, loving, sharing. So it made perfect sense that after 25 years of handmaking my chocolate peanut butter cups (spanning single motherhood, college and two local careers in newspaper reporting and probation), I'd end up right here. The happy owner of a little peanut butter cup company I call The Joycup Co. It's inspired by my Central Coast roots, from the farmers' fruits and local organic peanuts to the recycled packaging I choose with extra love and care. The Joycups still bring me joy to give and create. So very grateful for the connections. |
| Interests | family, community, socializing, vintage, ocean, writing, photography, gardening, collecting Boxtops For Education coupons, coordinating the Boxtops fund-raising and rootbeer float parties for Cayucos Elementary. |
| Favorite movies | Endless Summer; When Harry Met Sally; The Wizard of Oz; Charlie and The Chocolate Factory (Gene Wilder original); Full Metal Jacket; The Killing Fields; Rain Man; Mary Poppins; Edward Scissorhands; Caddyshack |
| Favorite music | Third Day, vintage Stones, Neil Young, Eagles' Hotel California, Lou Reed, vintage Willie Nelson, Michael W. Smith, Lynyrd Skynyrd Freebird etc., Black Crowes Remedy, Patsy Cline, Johnny Cash, vintage Aerosmith (Toys in the Attic) |
| Favorite books | The Bible; childhood collection of Nancy Drew Mystery story books; In My Father's Name (Mark Arax); annual O. Henry Prize Stories; Of Mice and Men, Grapes of Wrath, East of Eden, anything Steinbeck; The Bell Jar (Plath); The Things They Carried (O'Brien)& so many more. |
All of the phone numbers have fallen out of your address book. Whose number do you look for first and why?
Brenda, on the scene only 11 months after I showed up (what took you so long)? Brenda Gay to my Danna Joy, the sole validater of those earliest years, advocate and defender; unconditional lover, yet the least churched of us all. My emotional lifeline still, dear sister.