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Mina I. Dairy Maid ping Mina You are not connected to Mina I. The Basics Location: Vt. Hometown: Williston, Vermont Gender: female Birthday: October 25 Profile updated: Jul 29, 2010 Last signed in: Nov 19, 2011 Member since: Sep 29, 2009 Friends view all » alicia h. Greg Schiller Liz H. Ryan Reid Kathryn Esplin Meagan M. RedBird. B. Paula M. J. Reid Groups view all » The Splendid Table Presents: Food Talk Gather Home & Garden Essential Gather Food Essential Movies Gather Books Essential Music-essence A Prairie Home Companion from American Public Media Healthy Living Natural Resources Defense Council Mina I.'s Popular Tags environment (3) snow (2) st patricks day (2) trees (2) motor vehicles (2) mwe (2) snacks (2) traffic (2) abecedarian (2) christmas (2) poetry (2) winter (2) groceries (1) wallhanging (1) dandelions (1) amy adams (1) beta (1) leonard wibberley (1) shopping (1) swimming pool (1)

Status Mina misses her Gather friends. Please ping me & send messages! About Me People say I'm: a hard worker. I think shoveling snow is fun! Describe Yourself: -- My siblings & I were raised on farm in Vt. with Jersey cows, maple trees, & extended family. In 1983 I graduated from Keuka College for women in northwestern N.Y. with B.A. in English literature. I've held many different jobs. Now I want to earn money writing. I play a Roland electronic piano. Walking is favorite mode of transportation. Diet is vegetarian, & for yrs. I have baked all the bread I consume. Other interests are books & gardening. -- On Gather, I'm Looking For ...: Opportunity to write, armchair travels, & humor Interests Lately I've been listening to: NPR on North Country Public Radio I'm currently reading: SLOW LOVE: HOW I LOST MY JOB, PUT ON MY PJs, & FOUND HAPPINESS by Dominique Browning The last movie I watched was: THROW MOMMA FROM THE TRAIN I'd love to visit: Atlantic Ocean in Maine or N.H. I'm curious about: Everything Topping my Wish List is: A shed/lean-to/outhouse placed on lawn near neighbor's picture window Favorite Music, Artists, Genres: On piano now I'm playing selections from G.F. Handel's "The Messiah, " songs from operas, Sir Elton John, Carly Simon, & a Chopin polonaise. Favorite Books, Writers, Genres: ON WRITING: A MEMOIR OF THE CRAFT by Stephen King, Anne Lamott, Steve Martin, Wanda E. Brunstetter's novels about Amish people & lifestyle, THE BEAR WENT OVER THE MTN. by Wm. Kotzwinkle, & Ray Bradbury are some favorite authors & books. Favorite Movies, Actors, Genres: THE THORN BIRDS, THE GODFATHER, Sandra Bullock, romance, comedy, CENTENNIAL, Katharine Hepburn Favorite TV Shows, Actors: I don't watch television. I don't have cable or satellite service. Favorite Places: Atlantic Ocean, hiking trails at Bolton Valley Resort, Missisquoi Valley Rail Trail Interests and Activities: Books, piano, walking, gardening, yd. work Wish List: Lace curtains inside window frames to provide privacy while allowing natural light to enter living room. (Now Country Curtains hang outside frames.) Foods: Natural peanut butter, coffee, potatoes, tomatoes, barley, brown rice, & cheese Affiliations Employers: Meals on Wheels, McDonalds, Fletcher Allen Health Care, Koffee Kup Bakery, USPS, Shaw's #413, Price Chopper #228, U.S. Commerce Dept.'s Census Bureau, State of Vt., & several temporary employment agencies Colleges: Keuka College Major: English literature High Schools: Champlain Valley Union H.S. (CVU) Websites: http://minalisham.blogspot.com Ping Me You cannot post a blank ping. You're all pinged out (too much of a good thing is a bad thing). close top