About Me

  • About Me: I'm a retired 1st grade teacher but also taught art and science. I enjoy genealogy, my 3 daughters (one you know as murisopsis) and being a grandma to 4 boys and 2 girls. Last year I wrote a book about my father's side of the family and hope to do several more family histories before I shuffle off this mortal coil.

Movies

  • Favorite Movies: "To Kill a Mocking Bird", "Seven Brides for Seven Brothers," "Cabaret," "A Star Is Born," "My Fair Lady," "Meet Me In St. Louis"
  • Favorite Actors: Tim Robinson, Meryl Streep, Julie Andrews, Judy Garland, Paul Newman, Gregory Peck
  • Favorite Genre: Musicals, Biographies, good Science Fiction, good drama
  • Favorite Soundtracks: West Side Story, My Fair Lady, Brigadoon
  • Movie Quotes I say all the time: None all the time but sometimes Spock's "Live long and prosper."
  • Movies I can watch over and over: Oliver, Brigadoon, Oklahoma, and any film with Gregory Peck in it.
  • Actor that would play me in a movie: I haven't the foggiest....maybe Kathy Bates

More About Me

  • Nicknames: Uncles called me "Red on the Head" and "Joycephus Orange Blossom". Mom called me "Baby Love-it" when I was young.
  • Nationality: American of mainly Irish, German and English ancestry, with some Welsh & Scot plus a dash of French waaaay back in the recipe that produced me.
  • Religion: Lutheran (ELCA)
  • Heroes: My 13 Revolutionary War ancestors, my hardworking parents, FDR, Molly Ivins, Thomas Merton, Wm. Sloane Coffin Jr., Howard Zinn, Mother Theresa but not necessarily in that order
  • Interests: Genealogy, my grandchildren, music and writing letters to the editors expressing my liberal political and social views but not necessarily in that order
  • Expertise: Helping others do genealogical research online
  • Occupation: Teacher & Christian Ed. Dir. (retired)

Music

  • Favorite Artists: George Gershwin, Cole Porter, Irving Berlin
  • Favorite Albums: "Oklahoma", "House of Flowers", "Porgy and Bess"
  • Favorite Genre: Broadway and movie musicals, Celtic, Blue Grass, Blues, Folksongs
  • Favorite Songs: "A Sleepin' Bee" from the musical "House of Flowers"
  • Favorite Lyrics: When a bee lies sleepin' In the palm o' your hand You're bewitch'd and deep in love's long look'd after land [.........and later in the song] Sleep on, bee, don't waken, Can't believe what just passed He's mine for the takin' I'm so happy at last. Maybe I dreams, but he seems Sweet golden as a crown, A sleepin' bee done told me I will walk with my feet off the ground When my one true love I has found
  • Songs for Roadtrips: Songs from the 1920's, 30's, 40's and 50's
  • Songs I hate: Ones that have no melody or understandable lyrics
  • Guilty Pleasure: No guilt in enjoying the oldies....just pure pleasure.
  • Songs I repeat the most: Folk songs my grandma taught me like "Nickity-Nackity"
  • Band I wish I was in: The heavenly band of angels if I get to heaven!

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  • murisopsis
    Just trying out the chat feature. I guess it is an alternative to commenting. I finally figured out how the featured xanga sites (this IS the right spelling) get to be "boosted". If you comment on an entry, then there is a command on the left side of the page that simply says "Boost this entry". If