I am originally from Upstate New York, but I moved to Sweden about 8 years ago. As a way of maintaining my sanity and cultural ties, I joined a local women's club and have, in the past few years, become very active. When I am not doing something club related, I do some light crafting (one small project that I do over and over again), music, watching tv, cooking and reading!

Standing in the Rainbow by Fannie Flagg (Again!)

"The time is 1946-2000. The place, Elmwood Springs, Missouri. World War II has ended and the joyous transitions to peace are being, mostly, embraced - 'We have saved Europe and everyone liked us that year, even the French'.

At the centre of the novel is the indomitable Neighbor Dorothy, broadcasting daily (with Mother Smith on the organ), from her front room, via the tower in her backyard, to an eager, and at times lonely, audience across the state - listeners who often hear more than her own family would like about the antics of her wayward son Bobby and adolescent Anna Lee. It's hard to keep secrets in a community like theirs, but life isn't perfect, and even Neighbor Dorothy herself has a tragedy as well hidden as it can be."

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.