Corazon

I was so excited to learn about Swap-bot! I have been doing mail swaps since the late 70's. (Yes, I'm old, but please don't hold that against me!)

"It's All Good" I view a swap as more about who the other person is and what they are inspired to create rather than who I am and what I would like to receive. That being said, please know that I am not picky and take great delight the wierd, the unusual and the outlandish, if that's what's in your heart to create and send! But if you are a more conservative swapper, that's good too.

If a swap is profile-specific, I probably won't join it, but if I do, rest assured that I will keep your profile in mind.

I'm a native Texan and proud of it! I'm an elementary teacher by profession, but free a spirit by birth.

I'm very happily married tot he love of my life. I have 3 children, 5 step-children and grandmother/step-grandmother to 8. My "Grandma name" is Miss Connie and I like that just fine.

Hand carved rubber stamps

Trading cards

Mail art

December 2010--I made my first Zine. I think I will be making more! January 2012--I havne't made more zines...but I think about it all the time!

If the bus/train/boat/plane is going somewhere, I want to go to. It doesn't even matter where!

To get out of the house I enjoy letterboxing:

www.letterboxing.org www.atlasquest.com

I enjoy tent camping and think I would like to spend an entire week in solitude with nature.

Nancy Grace

Dr. Phil

Fox News

I'm not a serious collector by any means, but I like to hang on to:

Fortune cookie fortunes--Maybe they will in up in ATC's!

Beer/drink coasters

Old kitchen gadgets

Marbles

Old pieces of broken dishes--especially if they have designs on them

Postcards--even those from the dentist or veternarian reminding me that it's time to make an appointment.

Flattened pennies

My dog Sis is 70 pounds of lap-loving Catahoula. Sis is intimidated by my calico cat Thursday, who enjoys her dominant postition.

In 2010 we got our dog a dog for Christmas, so now we have Buck, who is part lab and part bird dog.

In June 2011 we got a second cat, who we call Big Boy. He gives very serious love bites.

I am Corazon on www.goodreads.com.

John Grisham is one of my favorites, but I am always open to new suggestions. I don't do science fiction or lightweight romances.

Greg Iles

I just discovered Kathy Reichs--(the Temperance Brennan series) 9/15/11 Rereading my profile...I have not a clue about reading Kathy Reichs or anything about Temperance Brennan.

Am I the last person on earth who hasn't read the Twilight books?

Things that are funky, odd, unusual or unexpected. Tongue in cheek humor. Satire. Political cartoons. US made items. Travel. Restaurants. Farm animals. Free beer. Breakfast in a restaurant/cafe. Bargains. Sandals.

Coffee mugs. Plastic crap made in China. Katydids and grasshoppers. Spiders. Dishonesty. Insincerity (?) did I spell that right? Misspellings. Clutter. Pina Coladas. Butterscotch. Lying.