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My blogs
- Don't Forget the TLC
- Family Anecdotes
- The Klein Chronicles
- Domestic Cake Goddess
- Life with Auntie Mary
- Remembering Gina
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Location | United States |
| Introduction | I originally studied voice (coloratura lyric--ie, high notes but no agility, love to wallow in legato) but after moving to Germany (ostentatiously to pursue this goal further, although I see now that I really just wanted to learn to speak a foreign language fluently and to live in Europe and eat well), I gave up singing classical music. I sang with a pop/soul group for a few years--it was a lot of fun, but we practiced far more than we ever performed, which was in the end quite deadly and seems to be the story of my performing life. I moved back to the U.S. and taught German for a couple of years--that's when I moved in with Mary. Then I decided to actually study German and get a degree in it (since I had a great deal where, not only would the education be practically free, but I'd also get to work and have an income). I finished my degree and have moved back in full-time with Mary--over the last two years I'd come home every other weekend to take care of her and called her about three times a day to check on her. I guess you could say I'm a bit over-protective :-) |
| Interests | cooking, baking, cake decorating, reading, fiction, self-help / self-actualization, children's books, young adult literature, knitting, embroidery, food, German, nutrition, healthy living, caregiving, roses, gardening |
| Favorite Movies | Blade Runner, Down with Love, All of Me, Mostly Martha (Bella Martha), Pride and Prejudice, Becoming Jane, Peter Pan (2003) |
| Favorite Music | Brahms, Mozart, Wolf, Strauss, Barber, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, Peter Gabriel, Kate Bush, Herbert Groenemeyer, YES, Billy Joel, ABBA, Irving Berlin, Gershwins, Michael Feinstein, Jerome Kern, Rogers and Hammerstein, Puccini, Barbara Bonney, Max Raabe |
| Favorite Books | Franny and Zooey, Anne of Green Gables, The Artist's Way, Austenland: a Novel |