Dawn

• Gender: Female
• Astrological Sign: Taurus
• Occupation: Child Development Specialist
• Location: Austin : Texas : United States

About Me

Ozark Mountain farm girl turned suburban hausfrau. I've lived and gardened in MO, FL and TX.

Interests

• aestheticism
• antiques
• autism
• BBC
• birding
• bookselling
• child development
• critical thinking
• decorating
• developmental child psychology
• ecology
• England
• film
• France
• gardening
• history
• Ireland
• Japan
• movies
• music
• nature
• NPR
• parenting
• politics
• Pre-Raphaelite Art
• psychology
• PBS
• reading
• restaurants
• science
• Scotland
• travel
• wildlife
• wildlife gardening

Favorite Movies

• A Room with a View
• African Queen
• Amélie
• American Dreamer
• Band of Brothers
• Bollywood Hollywood
• Charade
• Circle of Friends
• Chocolat
• Cold Comfort Farm
• Dangerous Liaisons
• Dead Again
• Elizabeth
• Enchanted
• Excalibur
• Greenfingers
• Henry V
• Howards End
• Jean de Florette
• Let the Right One In
• Lord of the Rings
• Love Actually
• Matchmaker
• Much Ado About Nothing
• Muriel's Wedding
• My Father's Glory
• Nanny McPhee
• Notorious
• O Brother Where Art Thou
• Phantom of the Opera
• Pleasantville
• Saving Grace
• Sweeney Todd
• The Ref
• Un long dimanche de fiançailles
• Valmont
• Waking Ned Devine
• Young Frankenstein

Favorite Music

• ABBA
• Anna Nalick
• Ben Folds
• Clannad
• Damien Rice
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Iron and Wine
• Johnny Mathis
• Loreena McKennitt
• Mediaeval Baebes
• Nickle Creek
• Queen
• Regina Spektor
• Tenacious D
• The Pierces

Favorite Books

• Jane Austin
• Patrick O’Brian
• David Brin
• Bernard Cornwell
• Paul Fussell
• Charlaine Harris
• Laurie R. King
• Barbara Kingsolver
• Julian May
• Carl Sagan
• Alfred Tennyson
• Henry David Thoreau
• J.R.R. Tolkien
• Susan Wittig Albert