Kathy Estes

What’s your name and where do you live? 
Kathy Estes. Olympia, WA.

When did you start listening to TBTL? How did you find the show
Day 1 on the radio. On days I had to work late, I’d hear TBTL on my drive home. Then I started downloading it to play late night on my little Sansa MP3 player so I could listen daily.

How would your friends describe you?
Nice

What was your favorite cereal when you were a kid? Is it still your fav? 
Apple Jacks. Now it’s fruit and homemade granola.

What food do you love to eat the most of?
Every time I leave my house I have to try to talk myself out of stopping at the local taco truck to pick up a burrito al pastor.

What’s the best or worst nickname you ever had?
My dad called me Knute. It started as Noodle, my favorite toddler food, then got shortened. My uncles and Dad’s cousins all called me that. Now there’s only two people still around that I hear it from, and it warms my heart.

What’s a special skill that you have?
I’m a glass half full person. That’s just leaving a little room to top it off with something interesting.

What’s a skill you *wish* you had?
Small talk. (Or maybe not really. I do like to hang out in a corner and eavesdrop.)

If you were driving down the street and you saw Luke and Andrew on the sidewalk, what would you yell at them as you drove past?
“Jalapeña!” 

Can other Tens find you on social media?
I don’t post much but @kathyoly on Bluesky, @kathyeoly on Insta and Kathy Beck Estes on FB.