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Ann Schmidt ping Ann You are not connected to Ann Schmidt The Basics Location: Wautoma, WI Hometown: Milwaukee, Wisconsin Gender: female Sexual Orientation: straight Relationship Status: married Children: I have children Profile updated: Jun 07, 2007 Last signed in: Oct 21, 2009 Member since: Feb 16, 2006 Friends view all » Holly G. Sherine W. Marty S. gaelyn k. Tommy Wallach Donna S. ONY ME pamela hurley Debra D. Groups view all » The Shameless Self-Promoters Group Under the Sun :) Gatherism Political, Social, and Religious Views Forum Free Thinking B-kuz I Kan! Nature and Animal Photography Friends Always & 4-Ever Old Hippie's Corner Ann Schmidt's Popular Tags environment (1) travel (1) spirituality (1)

Status Ann is learning. About Me Describe Yourself: Middle-aged, middle-class, midwestern woman of adventure. On Gather, I'm Looking For ...: feedback on my writing and photography, and a look at other people's writing and photography. Interests Favorite Music, Artists, Genres: Bruce Springsteen, The Grateful Dead, Ian Anderson/Jethro Tull, Austin Lounge Lizards, Four Bitchin Babes, Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, The Beatles, Rolling Stones, Bill Evans (jazz pianist), Dave Brubeck (ditto), Mozart, Debussy, Ravel and Sati Favorite Books, Writers, Genres: Travels With Charley and The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck; Uncommon Waters - Women Write About Fishing edited by Holly Morris; Winnie The Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner by A. A. Milne; Charlotte's Web by E.B. White; The Shipping News and Accordion Crimes by E. Annie Proulx..stop me before I name another!, In addition to the above...William Shakespeare, Beatrix Potter, Dorothy Sayers, Kinky Friedman, Louise Erdrich, Hunter S. Thompson, Aldo Leopold, Edward Abbey, David Mariness, Rita Mae Brown, Louisa Mae Alcott, Madeleine L'Engle...and on and on. Favorite Movies, Actors, Genres: The Last Waltz, The Great Escape, In the Heat of the Night, Witness, Year of Living Dangerously, The Big Lebowski, Pat and Mike, M*A*S*H, Terms of Endearment, Lost in Translation, Scoop Favorite TV Shows, Actors: Concerts on Public Television Interests and Activities: the environment and sustainable living, prairie restoration and invasive species control, writing poetry, journalism and (am now trying) fiction, photography, teaching piano and how people's brains work when they're learning and listening to music, gardening, x-co skiing, swimming, canoeing, biking, hiking, sewing, knitting Affiliations Political Affiliation: usually none, though I'm a Democrat until the end of the Bush era. Religious Affiliation: none Employers: Several newspapers, weekly and daily, my husband's architecture firm, and most recently Prairie Nursery, Inc. www.prairienursery.com was my introduction to website maintenance. Colleges: University of Wisconsin - Madison and Edgewood College, Madison, WI Major: broadcast journalism at UW and a piano pedagogy continuing education certificate at Edgewood. Talk about going from the ridiculous to the sublime... High Schools: Waupun Senior High...the source of most of my antagonism toward humankind in general. Other Affiliations: I worked for change by participating in MoveOn.org's massive internet-based calling last fall. What a rush!, As a former journalist, I'm not a joiner. I do belong to a lake association because we live on a lake, and I recently joined our local Red Hat Bookies. Ping Me You cannot post a blank ping. You're all pinged out (too much of a good thing is a bad thing). close top