Valerie
- Gender: Female
- Astrological Sign: Cancer
- Industry: Education
- Occupation: Art Historian
- Location: Johnstown : PA : United States
About Me
thefoolishpleasure@yahoo.com
Interests
- Horse Racing
- Architecture
- History
- Books
- Ice Hockey
- Home Renovation
- Antiques and Flea Market shopping
- Gardening
- Handicapping
Favorite Movies
- "Lord of the Rings" trilogy
- "O Brother Where Art Thou?"
- "Fargo"
- "Wings of Desire"
- anything by Pedro Almodóvar
- "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade"
- "The Last Emperor"
- "Slapshot"
- "Aria"
- "Bull Durham"
- "Deep Impact" (actually any good...or bad...disaster movie)
Favorite Music
- U2
- The Pogues
- Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
- John Mellencamp
- Guns 'N Roses
- Pat Benatar
- ABBA
- Johnny Cash
- Wagner
- Puccini
- Ravel
- Verdi
- Patsy Cline
- Cyndi Lauper
- late 50s-early 60s doo-wop
Favorite Books
- "Not by a Longshot" by T.D. Thornton
- "Old Bones the Wonder Horse" by Mildred Mastin Pace
- "Moby Dick" by Herman Melville
- "Under the Tuscan Sun" by Frances Mayes
- "Iliad" by Homer
- "On the Road" by Jack Kerouac
- "Stranger in a Strange Land" by Robert Heinlein
- "Far From the Madding Crowd" by Thomas Hardy
- "Dune" by Frank Herbert
- "Mandala" by Pearl Buck
- "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula LeGuin
My Blogs |
Team Members |
| FoolishPleasure | |
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| Moxham Renaissance | |
| Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance | Handride |
