Penelope

• Gender: Female
• Industry: Communications or Media
• Location: Northfield : MN : United States

About Me

Born in Kenya, grew up in San Francisco, college in New England, grad school in Wisconsin, a Northfielder for 18 years. Patterns emerge: A habit of noticing the natural world around me, wanting to tread lightly on it, and recognizing the value of paying attention to the details of life.

Interests

• birdwatching
• nature
• phenology
• vegetable gardening
• sustainable agriculture
• locavores
• local foods
• organic gardening
• environment
• farmers market
• green living
• Northfield MN
• choral singing
• classical music
• early music
• rational humanism
• kindness

Favorite Movies

• Persuasion (the version with Amanda Root and Ciaran Hinds)
• Truly Madly Deeply
• Benny & Joon
• The English Patient
• A Fish Called Wanda
• Sense & Sensibility

Favorite Music

• Palestrina
• Hildegard von Bingen
• Bach
• Dvorak
• Vaughan Williams
• Vivaldi
• Neil Young
• Joni Mitchell
• Sarah McLachlan
• Greg Brown
• old Doobie Brothers
• Dixie Chicks
• Emmylou Harris
• Crosby Stills & Nash
• the Beatles

Favorite Books

• The Raj Quartet
• Mapp and Lucia
• Persuasion
• Animal Vegetable Miracle
• A Walk in the Woods
• Tales of the City
• Bread and Jam for Frances
• Swallows and Amazons
• Half Magic
• Harry Potter
• The Hobbit
• Sue Grafton mysteries
• My Story as Told by Water

Penelope's Blogs

	Blog Name	Team Members
	Penelopedia: Nature and Garden in Northfield, MN