Gender	Female
Industry	Arts
Location	South Pasadena, CA, United States
Introduction	I'm a woman in "the middle place" living in a town we call "Mayberry". I'm a wife, mother, daughter, sister, cousin, aunt, friend, cancer survivor...taking care to pay attention and remember the simple path.
Interests	art, music, theater, film, traveling, photography.
Favorite movies	Streetcar Named Desire, All That Jazz, Accidental Tourist, Once, The Bell & The Butterfly, Dial M for Murder
Favorite music	U2, Bruce Springsteen, Goo Goo Dolls, Five For Fighting, Sting, Coldplay, David Bowie, Roxy Music, Michael Jackson
Favorite books	The Unbearable Lightness of Being, A Moveable Feast, A Prayer for Owen Meany, Widow For One Year, Marlene Dietrich's autobiography, The places that Scare you by Pema Chodron, Dreams of my Father, Barack Obama.

For your birthday, your aunt gave you a maple syrup dispenser shaped like a rooster. Please write her a thank-you note:

Thank you, Auntie, for the lovely syrup dispenser. How did you know we have pancakes every morning and that the official bird of France is a rooster? :)