Carole and Chewy
- Gender: Female
- Astrological Sign: Cancer
- Industry: Internet
- Occupation: Bookseller
- Location: Blue Ridge Mountains : Virginia : United States
About Me
Mom to an 18-yr-old (we just finished with a 10 year homeschool/unschool adventure). Following a 15 year stint in the corporate sales world, I've spent the last 10 years as an online bookseller with my pup Chewy (Chewybooks on Amazon, Chewyboo on ebay), bachelors degree from a radical college, built a small greenhouse 2 years ago and 500 gallon rain barrel system last year.
Interests
- History
- books (lots of books)
- gardening (herbs
- veggies
- vintage flowers)
- green living
- homeschooling (actually unschooling)
- dogs
- cats
- turtle rescue
- Halloween and other pagan holidays
- politics (Dems of course)
- aquariums (salt and fresh)
- any beach next to the Gulf of Mexico
- the wonderful city of New Orleans
- music (still have all my vinyl)
- and Renaissance Festivals (huzzah to Shakopee Minnesota festival)
Favorite Movies
- So many...Braveheart
- Under The Tuscan Sun
- Dangerous Beauty
- Moonstruck
- Love Actually
- The Wizard of Oz (preferably in a theater)
- Bobby
- Pan's Labyrinth
- Romeo and Juliet (Zefferelli's version)
- Phantom of the Opera
- Across the Universe
- Somewhere in Time
- Titanic
- Princess Bride
- An Affair To Remember
- and any Jane Austen on PBS (I'm addicted). So many more..
Favorite Music
- Beatles. But of course they're magic
- not just a band. Van Morrison
- Al Green
- Temps
- Lenny Kravitz
- Glenn Miller
- Billie Holiday
- Santana
- Norah Jones
- New Orleans Jazz (Humphrey Bros)
- Johnny Cunningham
- Zydeco and more
Favorite Books
- Being a bookseller
- there's a long list - anything by Edward Rutherford
- Outliers (Malcolm Gladwell)
- anything by Rick Bragg or Matt Bondurant
- Outlanders series by Diana Gabaldon (she got me through the Bush Years)
- Kate MacAllister
- The Thirteenth Tale
- Scotland A History
- GarbageLand
- Born Fighting
- and hundreds more
My Blogs |
Team Members |
| 365 Days In the Moonshine Capitol of the World | |
|---|---|
| Green and Chewy | |
| Chewybooks |
