continuing my list:

6. what type of music do you like?
-------I answered a lot of this over in the SS messages thread. I like Classic Country music from the 1920s up until mid 1970s. Anything after 1980 really annoys me. However, I have a couple of Time-Life collections of classic country so that's really a non-starter. I love "Country-Rock" ala The Byrds Sweetheart of The Rodeo phase and all the groups that album spawned such as the Flying Burrito brothers and so on. But alas, I have so much of that too - hmmm - I mentioned in the other thread I could use Any Solo work by Chris Hillman. In another thread somehwere I menioned a fave song of mine by gene Clark and bernie Leadon called 'She Darked the Sun" and I don't have the Dillard & Clarke Album that its from so that would be really nifty. I lover very early Dan Fogelberg before pop radio got a hold of him - back when he was doing kinda spooky Laurel Canyon bluegrass meets midwestern boyhood memories type stuff. My fave album of his is Souvenirs, so much so I have 3 copies of it on CD! Joe Walsh produced it for him and it shows - that kinda sproingey guiatr of Walsh's shows up as does does classic Joe Walsh talking Guitar. This don't help does it? In the other thread I listed stuff I don't have - go there.


7. what CDs have you really been wanting? See above - oh wait - Eileen McGann - I love her! I need any or all of her CDs. I only have her first album on casette and I've worn it out. It's the one that has Live Not Where I love on it. (I adore that song - sang it at my best friends grave. his name was Thomas.)

8. What movies have you been wanting? (specify DVD or VHS)
---don't bother - my husband works in the film industry - we are overrun with dvds we'll never ever watch.

9. what is your t-shirt size?
---don't wear T-shirts - sorry. I do like shawls though - classic one size fits all but I'm rather tall for a girl so longer is better.

10. do you collect anything? if so, what?
---antique, old, used or just offbeat cookbooks and old family recipes. Something from your family would be lovely. I also love to acquire heirloom garden seeds but this can be a problem if you are outside the USA due to customs and such. They might think that pack of Swede seeds are terrorist veg that will take over the countryside. In case you are in the USA - I love sunflowers that are other than yellow, Cosmos, Coreopsis and other multi-blooming flowers. My grandfather once smuggled some edelweiss seeds in for me in his diplomatic pouch! That was cool but is again, likely to be seen as a terrorist plot. Don't risk it.

11. what are some of your other hobbies?
--Gardening, cooking, caring for wildlife and feral kitty cats. I'm quite the serious cook.

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
---neither - the same hereditary condition that makes my teeth brittle and joints swollen also results in skin irritations so I rarely wear anything beyond my wedding set. I had pierced ears 3 times but let them close up because I was too lazy to keep earrings in. now the doc advises against punching holes in my skin since my body is likely to view it as an injury and grow ugly scar formations.

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your Secret Santa know what you would like
-- no blue cheese, I am allergic. No hard to chew items, my teeth will chip. If you need to resort to a giftcard, iTunes, Amazon or CDbaby are good choices.