Teller of tales…
Behind the Author. Maybe we have something in common?😉
Childhood nickname: Kritter
Favorite color: Nearly any shade of green.
Favorite animal: Giraffes place high on a very tall list.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, painting/drawing, gardening, quilting (pretending anyway), walks through a forest (essential to my existence), and crocheting every winter.
Favorite summer activities: Camping, camping, and then some more camping. And a little side gardening.
Favorite winter activities: Baking, fire-poking, and soup-stirring. Likely to have yarn woven through my fingers.
Passions: Writing, reading, interior & architectural design, MOUNTAINS, trees, animal trivia, children’s education & wellness, travel, maps of any sort & anything involving geography.
Favourite Fictional Picture Book: Inga Moore’s A HOUSE IN THE WOODS
Favourite Nonfiction Picture Book: THE RIVER THAT WOLVES MOVED: A TRUE TALE FROM YELLOWSTONE by Mary Kay Carson, exquisitely illustrated by David Hohn
Favorite Middle Grade: Katherine Applegate’s CRENSHAW
Favorite Adult Contemporary: SQUIRREL SEEKS CHIPMUNK by David Sedaris
Favourite Jane Austen: EMMA (You’d understand if you met my husband—total Mr. Knightly.)
Favourite classic children’s lit: A HORSE AND HIS BOY
Favorite Christmas song: LITTLE DRUMMER BOY
Favorite soda pop: Squirt
Coffee: Black or half cream, no sugar.
Tea: Anything but Earl Grey. Honey & lemon if it’s legit.
Weaknesses: Sad stories, red hot cinnamon candies, macadamia nuts, and chocolate.
Secret Skill: Pie Baking
Lover of science, folklore, forests, moss, lichen, succulents, stone, ethnic lore, bowling, clear clean spring fed lakes, animals, children (especially 3&4 year olds😍), meteorology, and winding paths. Oh! And castles! I LOVE castles—especially castles with towers and turrets! And I love dragons, too! They’re kind of like giraffes.🦒 Did you know, every known language has a distinct word for “dragon?” That boggles my mind!
Lastly, a creepy fact about me: I wrote up my funeral soundtrack… just in case.