Q: What are your favorite sports?
A: Basketball! Followed by every other sport except running. (Because life is too short to run.) Besides basketball, I spend most of my sportsy hours on rollerblading, downhill skiing, waterskiing, hiking, softball, walking (a LOT), golf, and tennis – unless I’m lured to play a different sport, and I’m easily lured.
Q: Favorite bands and/or musicians?
A: I love classic rock! Three longtime fave bands/artists are the Eagles, Juanes, and Rodney Crowell. (Which is hilarious, really, because I wouldn’t label any of them classic rock.) And I ADORE Joan Jett. During my college years, I listened nonstop to local bands in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, and I still catch the current bands those guys are playing in when I can. In Minneapolis my big faves are the Melismatics, the Belfast Cowboys, and St. Dominic’s Trio, but I love a LOT of Minnesota bands, including Semisonic, Soul Asylum, and Trailer Trash. I thank my mom for Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald, and Billie Holiday. I thank my kidlets and the YA books I write for Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, and lots and lots of Latinx music.
Q: What’s your next adventure?