LMM

Geography Professor, yoga teacher, artist and avid reader. I have been married almost 20 years, currently worship 2 cats and collect elephants (I literally have hundreds). My kitchen is red. My bedroom is black.

Swap Philosophy

Now that we can WATCH swaps, I have changed my methods slightly, but I sign up for swaps I THINK I want to participate in, and hope to be inspired and start creating before the sign-up deadline. If that doesn't happen I often decide to drop at the last minute. I only give hearts based on the swap item itself, never for "extras".

Latest News

In October I am playing one of the three witches/fates in "The Crones of Cawdor", a musical-comedy sequel to Macbeth!

Older News

I won OrigamiGrace's ATC WTA game for February 2008 and enjoyed seeing my mailbox overflow! Thanks to everyone who participated!

Favorite Colors

Red and Black

Preferences

Please do not send me anything with a religious or political theme and I will do the same for you :)

Current Favorite Thing

LAMY "Safari" Fountain Pens...European utilitarian chic!

Forum Tags Sent

Wishlist Tag (send 2): ashlee03 (sent 10/11/08) ATC Pay It Back Tag: AngelaMarie03 (sent 10/07/08)

Forum Tags Awating

Wishlist Tag (send 2): Wanda ATC Pay It Back Tag: 123Poggy123

Bob Dylan, Todd Rundgren, Classic Rock, Chick Music (Natalie Merchant, Sarah McLachlan , Anna Nalick), show tunes

5th Element, Jaws, Shawshank Redemption, When Harry Met Sally, While You Were Sleeping, The Abyss, Gladiator, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Paint Your Wagon, Kate & Leopold, You've Got Mail.

I read mostly hard SF, time travel, and historical fiction. Some of the best books I've read in the past few years include Robert Sawyer's Calculating God, Audrey Niffenger's The Time Traveler's Wife, Kim Radish's Annie Freeman's Fabulous Traveling Funeral, Kevin Brockmeier's The Brief History of the Dead, Yann Martel's The Life of Pi & John Twelve Hawks' The Traveller

I TiVo a ton of TV...I have season passes for The Riches, Top Chef, Intervention, Glutton for Punishment, Miami & LA Ink, all 3 Law & Order shows, Project Runway, Rescue Me, Saving Grace, The Closer, Going Tribal, Big Love, Battlestar Galactica, The Shield, Weeds, Californication, Damages, House, Dexter, etc. I watch a lot of documentaries and shorts, too.

I mainly swap ATCs (inchies & handmade postcards too, if I am inspired by the theme). I did some recipe swaps early on with Swap-Bot, but kinda lost interest in those. I sew and do fabric crafts (art quilts, etc) and enjoy fabric oriented swaps, especially the Wish Flags and Goddess Dolls. Outside of Swap-Bot I do pine needle basketry and hard shell gourd crafts (musical instruments, especially). On a larger scale, I make body prints (like my avatar)--see the link above for more info on those.