My favorite zoo animal is a giraffe.

I have ten grandchildren.

I live in an ethnic Swedish community in Kansas.

I drove a wheat truck during Kansas harvests.

I went to Vermont college to learn more about writing for children and young adults.

I follow the Red Sox baseball team.

I have been to Europe twenty-three times.

I used to be a music teacher.

My favorite comic strip is Zits.

My high school senior class had ten graduates.

I had my first fender-bender when I was four years old.

I make ostkaka, a Swedish cheese cake pudding dessert.

I have eaten blood pudding and deep-fried alligator strips.

My husband is 5’ 20” tall.

I do a crossword puzzle every day.