Milkmemos Blog

At the invitation of my new friend Tanya Lieberman, the host of the Motherwear Breastfeeding blog, I offer eight things you don’t know about me. This is challenging because if you’ve read The Milk Memos, you know a lot about me! The character Cate is truly me! The only exception is that in the book I say I’m not musical, when in fact I can carry a tune (if I don’t say so myself) and read music / play the piano (however, my piano playing resembles typing vs. expressing a natural musical talent).

Here goes:

1. I used to drive a new VW Beetle. Silver. (I wanted blue, but they were very hard to find in ‘99 and I couldn’t wait for blue.) I sold my practical Honda Accord to my parents after giving up the notion that I would drive it into the ground. I was TOTALLY obsessed with Beetles, driving past the VW dealership daily. We sold the Beetle and bought a Toyata Sienna minivan 2 weeks before Mary was born. Some day I’ll have another Beetle. Convertable!

2. Bleu Cheese gives me the heebie geebies!!! Ick.

3. If I had to choose my last meal, it would be a fresh fruit platter with perfectly ripe, juicy, colorful fruit. Also, I’d have delicious fresh bread and really yummy cheese on the side. I once asked a friend what she’d choose, and she said a Reuben sandwich! Can you imagine?

4. I have a tattoo on the inside of my left ankle. It started with a star about the size of a nickel which my best friend “got” me for at the Acme Tattoo Parlor in St. Paul for my 26th birthday. (I lived in Minneapolis for a few years after college.) 12 years later, I had the star colored in green (my favorite color) and added two smaller pink stars to represent the girls.

5. I got my nose pierced for my 40th birthday! I have a teensie-weensie diamond on the right side (to counterbalance my tattoo, which is on my left ankle). I love it!!

6. I can’t eat spicy food. Hot spicy, I mean. I’m talking I can’t even chew cinnamon gum. It makes my head sweat. When I eat chips & salsa, I have found that it works well to just let my chip hover over the salsa to get the essence.

7. I love folk and bluegrass music, and am 100% clueless regarding current popular music. The only radio I listen to is NPR, which I absolutely adore and should really support more with pledges. My all-time favorite musicians are Emmylou Harris and Paul Simon. I also love Nanci Griffith, Allison Kraus, Johnny Cash and Gram Parsons.

8. I don’t know how to drive a stick-shift car. My college roommate tried to teach me, but I never got the hang of it.

So there you have it. I hereby pass this on to:

1. My co-author, Andrea Serrette!

2. Andi Silverman of Mama Knows Breast

3. Angela White of Breastfeeding123
xoxo, Cate

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