Laurel
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
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| Location | Central Illinois, United States |
| Introduction | My whole idea of a title, Three Homes, One Hearth is linked to the fact that tho I was born in Central Illinois, lived here until I was 20 and have been living once again here 1994 (talk about time flying!!!), I lived in Hawaii for three years and Flagstaff, Arizona for nearly 10 years. Each of these places has carved its own space in my heart and contributed greatly to who I am. Each of these is home in its own special way. I believe that the kitchen is the center of the home. It is warmth and nourishment. Having been a chef in Flagstaff and Hawaii, much of my creativity is based there. But it is more than that. When I have friends over, we always gravitate to the kitchen and crowd in there no matter how cheek to cheek it gets. I love to cook and pride myself on having a broad base of cooking skills and techniques and a love of foods from around the world. The kitchen, the hearth, is the centre of my life. It is where my heart and creative passions are but it is also where I reach out and, being a child of the world, know no boundaries, only Oneness. |
| Interests | cooking, reading, herbal medicine, healthy eating, tarot, tarot cards, music, world music, jewelry making, beading, sewing, quilting |
| Favorite Movies | Schrek, Emma, Great Expectations, Hairspray, To Wong Fu From Julie Newmar Thanks For Everything, Jumping Jack Flash, Kung Fu Hustle, Frisco Kid, Some Like it Hot, Philidelphia Story, Sound of Music, Wizard of Oz, The Incredibles, Lilo and Stitch, Ratatouille |
| Favorite Music | Sting, Cindi Lauper, Cezaria Evora, Hawaiian, hula chants, Gregorian Chants, World Music, Lady Smith Black Mambazo, Andreas Vollenweider, Keiko Matsui, Krishna Das, John Denver, Gordon Lightfoot, IZ, Gaelic Storm, Enya, Mark Keali'i Ho'omalu, Loreena McKennitt, Beatles, The Monkees, Herman's Hermits, Japanese enka |
| Favorite Books | Great Expectations, White Fang, Nero Wolfe, Alexander McCall Smith, The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd, Tamora Pierce, To Kill a Mockingbird, Eat Pray Love by Elizabeth Gilbert, The Dragon Doesn't Live Hear Anymore by Alan Cohen, Awakening Osiris: The Egyptian Book of the Dead by Normandi Ellis, Reflections: A Life in Two Worlds by Ricardo Montalban, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier, the His Dark Materials trilogy, Esther Hicks |