1. what is your age range? 53ish

2. gender? F

3. Do you have a favorite color? blue

4. favorite authors/ type of book? history or geography from a Mudcatter's area, musicbooks with "dots," computer/HTML books or lists of great bookmarks, brainteasers, flower books with lots of pictures.

5. what books have you really been wanting? old music books

6. what type of music do you like? traditional Irish, Scottish, & English, opera, classical, some bluegrass, anything Ralph Vaughan Williams had anything to do with, anything Chopin, Christmas Carols from around the world.

7. what cds have you really been wanting? the Irish/Scottish ballads that everyone else at Mudcat already knows.

8. What movies (vhs is in the price range) have you been wnting? none.

9. what is your t-shirt size? large.

10. do you collect anything? if so, what? postcards from around the world.

11. what are some of your other hobbies? flower gardening

12. do you prefer gold-tone or silver-tone jewelry? silver now that my hair is gray

13. please include anything else you feel is important that would help your secret santa know what you would like.
I like to learn about other people/cultures/geography around the world.

Remember that "negative hints" such as allergies might also be helpful. No allergies, easy to please, favorite charity is the National Multiple Sclerosis Society, don't really cook enough to enjoy cookbooks, but I like to eat!