| Location: |
United States |
| Primary occupation: |
retired Secondary Teacher |
| Dream occupation: |
well-paid writer |
| Hometown: |
Ottawa, Kansas |
| Schools attended: |
The University of Kansas (BSE/MSE) |
| I like: |
sunsets that are pinky/purple, helping people feel better, all flowers that smell sweet, lavendar & acacia lotion, sheets dried on a clothesline |
| Favorite writers: |
Wally Lamb, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Elizabeth Gilbert, Sylvia Brown, Neale Donald Walsch, Wm. Paul Young, John Steinbeck, James Mitchner, Stephen King, John Grishom |
| Favorite books: |
The Shack,The Mists of Avalon; East of Eden; The Stand; eat, pray,love; |
| Favorite music: |
Rachael Yamagata, Eva Cassidy, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Sarah McLaughlin, Sting, Thomas Newman, Cold Play, James Taylor, Barbra Steisand, Danny Elfman, Tori Amos |
| Favorite movies: |
Yankee Doodle Dandee, Sideways, Titanic, Gone with the Wind, Tommy Boy, Breakfast at Tiffany's |
| Favorite TV shows: |
Boston Legal, the Sopranos, American Idol, Ghost Whisperer, So You Think You Can Dance, 24, House, |
| Favorite teams: |
Kansas Jayhawks, KC Chiefs |
| Favorite quote: |
Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forward. |
| Gender: |
woman |
| Age: |
56 |
| Religion: |
hopeless Delusionist |
| Political affiliations: |
Democrat! |