I'm female, in my mid 40s, and married to a Peruvian man. Born and raised in Indiana, USA, I lived in Mexico City, Mexico, from 1983 to November of 2006. Now I live in a suburb of Chicago, Illinois, USA. I am happily Roman Catholic (having converted in 2000), and I've got cats.

I speak & write English and Spanish, and I am interested in language and languages in general. I'm currently studying beginning Polish!

Likes/loves include TURTLES, otters, fireflies, dragonflies, robin birds, butterflies, groundhogs, SUNFLOWERS, suns, smiley faces, the color yellow in general, crosswords, mazes, jigsaw puzzles, kaleidoscopes, board GAMES such as Scrabble, visiting MUSEUMS of all kinds, POSTCARDS, especially of typical food / clothes / arts and crafts of different regions and countries, bookmarks, epecially handmade and the FREEBIE ones given out by libraries, museums, bookstores, etc., ART and artistic and artsy craftsy stuff in general; ancient art, cave art, folk art, "primitive" art, and outsider / visionary art are particular favorites, ATCs, and all sorts of snail mail postal joy.

Music is not a really huge part of my life at this time. I enjoy most stuff except jazz and anything very strident. Often what I most enjoy, however, is restful silence!

Adventure, historical, romantic comedy, drama, documentaries, black and white classics, literature classics. NOT horror and nothing too violent or with a lot of gratuitous sex.

I don't watch a whole lot of television besides some news programs, EWTN (Catholic Network), and the History Channel.

Linoleum print carving, drawing, painting, cross stitch, plastic canvas, woodburning, very simple sewing, papercrafts; would love to try a lot more things.