Chava3913

I'm an avid reader and crafter, who loves learning about world religions and experimenting with new crafts. While I'm a Reform Jew, I collect items and images from many religious traditions, including Judaica, Buddhist-inspired art, and Goddess images. These influence my art enormously, so if you get my as a partner, don't be surprised if your swap has some variation on religious iconography. I'm a writer of nonfiction with a specialty in military family issues, a public speaker and activist.

• Folk Music (Phil Ochs, The Mama's & the Papas, Donovan)
• Folk/Pop (Dan Bern, Jonatha Brooks, James Taylor)
• Klezmer & world music
• Classic Rock (The Doors, Janis Joplin, Cher, the Beatles)
• Andrew Lloyd Webber musicals

• Judaica books
• World Religions books
• Art books ("how to" and collections of images)
• Biographies, especially of random, off the beaten path type people
• Cookbooks, especially vegetarian and Kosher
• Christopher Moore books (I'm desperate for the LAMB leather-bound edition!)

Too many to name! I'm a film lover and have really eclectic tastes. I do not like horror movies or anything really gory though. A few all-time classics:

• Secretary
• Breakfast at Tiffany's
• Enchanted
• Gone With the Wind

• Scrubs
• Boston Legal
• Big Love
• Dead Like Me
• Dexter
• Biography on A&E
• Ghost Hunters
• The Daily Show/Colbert Report

I love to experiment and play around with new projects and media. I've dabbled in a bit of everything and try to learn something new as often as possible. I do NOT scrapbook though.

Please, no food products. I have dietary restrictions and they will end up donated or in the garbage. I would hate to have you waste your money on something that can't be used. :-(

I love all sorts of religious imagry, but please, no Christian or overtly evangelistic items. Thanks! :-)

I love pink, red, black, copper, and most earth tones.

I love Art Deco styles, as well as Modern Pop Surrealism for example, check out Pinkytoast's work at www.etsy.com or the various artists represented at www.excellentvirtu.com