Favorites

 A Long Way From Chicago (Richard Peck)
Blue Skin of the Sea (Graham Salisbury)
Gift From The Sea (Anne Morrow Lindbergh)
Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Bruce Coville)
Jungle Dogs (Graham Salisbury)
Just So Stories (Rudyard Kipling)
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
My Name Is Asher Lev (Chaim Potok)
The Dark Is Rising sequence (Susan Cooper)
Walking On Water: Reflections on Faith and Art (Madeleine
L'Engle)
 

all of the Oz Books
all of the Harry Potter Books 

I LOVE movies! How many of   these have you seen?
 

 A Christmas Story
 A Mighty Wind
 Casablanca
 Close Encounters of the Third Kind
 Much Ado About Nothing
 Henry V (Kenneth Branagh)
 It's A Wonderful Life 

  Mrs. Miniver
 My Favorite Year
 Noises Off
 Roman Holiday
 Sense and Sensibility
 The American President
 The Lord of the Rings trilogy
 The Philadelphia Story
 The Quiet Man
 When Harry Met Sally... 

Doctor Who
The Big Bang Theory
So You Think You Can Dance

The Nanny
M*A*S*H
Seinfeld
I Love Lucy
Downton Abbey 

Antiques Roadshow

Mysteries on PBS--especially Endeavour and Inspector Morse

 Music has always been a big part of my life. I could listen to any of these people any time.
 

The Chieftains
Frank Sinatra
John Denver
The Beatles
Tony Bennett
Gordon Lightfoot
Barry Manilow  

YUM!

Apples--especially tart ones

Chili

Ice cream
Guacamole (I have a terrific recipe!)
Spanakopita (Greek--spinach and feta cheese in phyllo) 

Peanut butter
Plain yogurt
Homemade vegetable soup

( Image ©Ruth McNally Barshaw. Used with permission.)