My pen name is Teresa Valle, for the tia I was named after. I am a writer of short fiction, some poetry, and was pretending to work on a full-length novel. That pretense is currently on hold.
I used to have my real name on this blog, but I’m changing that now.
Here are a few things I could share about myself or my fictional self. These things may be true:
- My favorite tea is Star of Persia.
- Guilt and pleasure are fun to write about.
- I drive a very old car.
- I prefer mayonnaise to Miracle Whip.
- TV is dull. That is not about me.
- Today I saw a dove nesting in a sconce outside an old lady’s apartment. It blinked at me, but did not fly away. What a safe apartment, I thought.
- Writing and music are initimately related for me.
- Reading is not the same as writing. Do I need to say that?
- I stayed in a resort in Bannf with my grandmother when I was a kid. I still remember the man in the table next to us lining baby peas up on his knife and eating them all in a row.
- I like soft clothes. Do all people like soft clothes?
- I do not like offices or hospitals.
- I blenderize fact and fiction unintentionally and intentionally.
- My grandfather sold books. My father made rocket ships.
- I have no sisters.
- My brothers all have enormous foreheads.
- My forehead is relatively normal, I believe.
- My iguana is primitive and has very little forehead. She is a picky eater.
- I like to sing but do not easily remember lyrics.



Do I know you? Maybe from long ago? Perhaps from the days of the anorexic drama queens? The name and writing style are familiar.
Hey, Odwode — how the heck are you?
I am well. How be you? Send me an email.
Your address does not appear ?
edotero@yahoo.com
I know the former Amish Teresa XOXOXO - she goes by Sicily Yoder now- she hosts 3 televsion shows in Canada and is really a diva.
Wow, thanks, I didn’t actually know that. Sicily Yoder. What an inventive new name. I’m going to go look her up.
So, um, Mally, how do you know this Canadian diva? Is it very Quakerly to describe oneself as a celebrity? What is the difference between Amish and Quaker? Just curious . . . .
Hi, I linked to your site for that wonderful picture of the elephant in the living room. I hope you don’t mind. My blog will bring an interesting new variety of readers to yours!
Regards,
Francine McKenna
Glad you found the picture helpful - I haven’t got the slightest recollection where I found it myself, although I do remember that it was in many places without attribution. I took a quick trip to your site, and you’re right, quite a new variety of readers! For a peak at a free-write sound poem (improvisational, no editing), which somehow blends business, accounting and linguistics, see Accounting. Thanks for stopping by.