todsahonchik

I'm older than I feel....46-year-old woman living in Portland, Oregon. Tod Sahonchik is my family nickname that I used until I graduated from college. I love to knit and create zines. I am an educator by profession. Red wine is my drink of choice. I am a 13-year vegetarian and animal lover. I abhor violence and (needless to say) the current administration. My parents are diehard republicans so that makes family gatherings interesting, but we keep the love. I have two amazing boys (10 and 16) and a wonderful partner who does laundry. I'm also an NPR and KBOO (our community radio station) addict and I hock some of my/ my family's stuff at tods.etsy.com. My favorite colors are purples, greens and blues. I also enjoy reds, oranges, pinks. I'm a taurus so I'm an earthmother sort who loves kids, animals, nature, etc... and since I've seen other folks do this in their profiles: Please do not send stuff from the dollar tree or dollar store. I'm a little fussy that way, otherwise I'm pretty easy to please.

jazz, celtic, bluegrass (the banjo playing teen got me into this genre), Grateful Dead (of course!), White Stripes, Gram Parsons, The clicks, bossa nova, John Prine, Fiona Apple, Django Reinhardt. don't really have much time to listen to a lot of music. Willie Nelson's Red-headed Stranger is the most perfect album (I think), although I'm not a country music person.

Jim Jarmusch movies, To Kill a Mockingbird, oh, yes (my favorite with Gregory Peck). Mr. Smith goes to Washington, Persepolis, Little Miss Sunshine, Madame Tutli Putli, Ironman and various documentaries like Dogtown and Z-boys and No Direction Home (Bob Dylan). I'm picky about the movies I watch and generally skip the usual blockbusters and choose foreign or idiosyncratic stuff.

Don't really watch TV. I liked the DVD's of The Office, Freaks and Geeks, Weeds, the old Monty Python TV series.

Knitting, making recycled crayons, stencils, making zines, gocco printing, yoga... not really a craft but a hobby nonetheless.

Plllleeeeease no dollar store or dollar tree stuff. In our family we call it "last chance before the garbage can store"... sorry, but just a preference. I love to receive cool stationery of any sort, rubber stamps, knitting magazines (except interweave--I have a subscription) candy, candy, candy, jazz and bluegrass music CD's, coffee, natural soap or bath products, high quality teas, natural fiber sockyarn (of course!) and hippie-style nature girl stuff. My favorite yarns these days are Noro multicolored worsted and Blue Moon Fibers Socks that Rock sock yarns. What are your favorite yarns? Thanks so much for reading!!