Ok, here's my hints (a bit changed from last year)

1. what is your age range? 49 I think

2. gender? F

3. Do you have a favorite color? periwinkle

4. favorite authors/ type of book?
music books, historical fiction is fun, gardening books

5. what books have you really been wanting? "The Portland Collection"

6. what type of music do you like?
country blues, swing, celtic, oldtime, everything but opera or new country

7. what cds have you really been wanting?
Mudcat CD's, anything by Roy Bookbinder, Darrell Scott, Guy Clark, or surprise me

8. What movies have you been wanting?
none

9. what is your t-shirt size?
Medium (I shrunk a bit from last year)

10. do you collect anything? if so, what?
wildflowers, cats, surgical scars

11. what are some of your other hobbies?
walking and hiking

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
don't care, but just got my ears pierced this past week!

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like
I am a musician and puppeteer for my living, so just fun and silly pressies are cool something local from where you live is way cool!
No food please, my docs have me on strict "no taste good" diet. If you think I would like to try it cause it's yummy, then I know I can't have it!