librarybabe

I love reading and am a library geek. (Don't worry. I don't wear bifocals on the tip of my nose or put my hair in a bun.) I like writing letters and keeping up with people, going on walks and observing nature along the way. I enjoy gardening, hiking, swimming and watching movies and get a kick out of dancing in the car in traffic jams. Traveling is when I am at my most adventurous. And when vacation days are too few or my wallet full of dust bunnies, I love to travel vicariously. If you've gone

My taste in music tends to be a bit old fashioned but diverse within that scope. I don't like boring lyrics, synthetic instrumentation, or profanity. My favorites are the standards.

Broadway musicals;
Big Band;
the Beatles;
some Jazz
Ella Fitzgerald;
Nat King Cole;
Gershwin;
Vivaldi's Four Seasons;
Puccini's La Boehme & Madame Butterfly
& a lot of other classical music I don't know the names of;
Billy Joel;
Marcus Roberts;
Simon & Garfunkel;
Dean Martin;
Caedmon's Call;
Considering Lily's "The Pieces Fit";
Cole Porter;
Edith Piaf;
Harry Connick Jr. (but why does he try to act?)
Scott Joplin
and a lot of Motown.

M*A*S*H;
History Detectives;
Jeeves & Wooster (and British comedies in general);
Mystery series (like Nero Wolfe, Hercule Poirot or Miss Marple);
Numbers;
Friends;
Ace of cakes;
NCIS;
Dog Whisperer

It's a Wonderful Life;
Classic movies and musicals
Alfred Hitchcock
O Brother Where Art Thou;
Lord of the Rings;
About a Boy;
Under the Tuscan Sun;
Groundhog's Day;
The Princess Bride;
The Royal Tenenbaums;
You've Got Mail;
When Harry Met Sally;
French Kiss;
Sleepless in Seattle (really anything Tom Hanks);
Sense & Sensibility- the Emma Thompson one;
The Natural;
The Sting;
Ocean's Eleven;
To Kill a Mockingbird;
Amelie;
Cinderella Man;
Seabiscuit.

Jane Austen;
P.G. Wodehouse;
Agatha Christie;
Essays by E.B. White;
Nero Wolfe series by Rex Stout;
The Geography of Bliss: One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the Word by Eric Weiner;
Children's books in general;
The Lord of the Rings;
The Case for Christ;
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey;
The Bible;
Real Sex: the Naked Truth about Chastity;
How to get a Date Worth Keeping;
The Five Love Languages: how to express heartfelt commitment to your mate;

In this world, you must be oh so smart or oh so pleasant. Well, for years I was smart. I recommend pleasant. You may quote me.- Elwood P. Dowd (from "Harvey");------



By the time you get around to what's left to be gotten, what's left to be gotten won't be worth getting, whatever it is you've got left. (White Christmas);-------


"For me, the internet is just another way to get rejected by women." - You've Got Mail -------

"Remember, no man is a failure who has friends" - It's a Wonderful Life