1. what is your age range? What range? 56

2. gender? What, no range? F.

3. Do you have a favorite color? Dark greens, dark reds, and dark greenish blues.

4. favorite authors/ type of book? Knitting, sewing, mystery and fantasy.

5. what books have you really been wanting? Can't tnink of any. I'm a loyal supporter of my local library.

6. what type of music do you like? Traditional, older folk music (as mentioned in the book question). Folk and international folk, and baroque.

7. what cds have you really been wanting? None, thank you. My housemate brings in all the CD's anybody could ever accomodate.

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wanting? As above.

9. what is your t-shirt size? US Medium

10. do you collect anything? if so, what? Now yer talkin'. Knitting wool and gadgetry, sewing bits and gadgetry, (eg. interesting cloth), small figures of armadillos (still).

11. what are some of your other hobbies? Well, that would be reading, sewing, knitting, cooking, trying to maintain a reasonable weight, folkdancing. Beading, but Santa fixed me up pretty well with beads last year.

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? Silver, exclusively.

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like. I don't think I've ever met a present I didn't like. Anything you choose, especially if it's special to your culture or your part of the world, will please me. Thanks for asking!