1. What is your age range? 57

2. Gender? Female

3. Do you have a favorite color?
My mother says that my taste in colors came out of a crayon box. Otherwise, I tend toward blues and greens.

4. Favorite authors/ type of book? Folktales, folklore, traditional stories, storytelling.

5. What books have you really been wanting? See #4. I've been looking into a lot of far eastern and middle-eastern tales. If you run across anything by Post Wheeler, especially Tales From The Japanese Storytellers (paperback is fine), I'll take it, whatever the condition, with bliss and gratitude (I gave my copy away to a Japanese storyteller)

6. What type of music do you like? Traditional, ballads, music hall songs and recitations, novelty songs, storytelling, field recordings, some local band, group or singer I've never heard of (I really like this sort of thing)...if you like it, I'll probably like it as well. Mudcatters have excellent taste.

7. What CDs have you really been wanting?
If you're in the British Isles. I'd really like Taffy Thomas's "Take These Chains From My Heart". Otherwise see #6.

8. What movies have you been wanting? What region DVDs can you view?
Region 1 (US and North America). If you're in Canada, I'd love to have a copy of the Arrogant Worms concert with the Edmonton Symphony. Unless it's too expensive. Then talk to me after Christmas and I'll send you a check.

9. What is your t-shirt size? Alas, extra large.

10. Do you collect anything? if so, what?
I don't collect things so much as accumulate them.

11. What are some of your other hobbies? Fancywork (cross-stitch and embroidery, mostly), cooking and baking, medieval recreation (Society for Creative Anachronism, but don't break your neck trying to find something medieval)

12. Do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry?
Silver, but I like anything pretty. I do not have pierced ears, though

13. Please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like.
Used and found things are wonderful, unless we're talking food. Then I'd rather be the first in line to use it.
If you're on the 'Cat, I trust your taste.