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| Introduction | My two teenage sons and I have lived in our cute little house on a cute little acre for almost three years now. We live with a parrot, two cats, three dogs, five goats and two horses. Before moving here I was a Navy wife living in California. Most of my family live here and coming back home has given me the chance to start over which has led to the most amazing journey of self-discovery! In many ways my life today seems unrecognizable compared to my life then. To quote a favorite song, (I do that alot!) "I ain't changed, but I know I ain't the same." No matter what, I do believe there is method to the madness of this life and I spend lots of time trying to sort through it all! I have always pretty much lived in the moment, but now I'm learning to love the moment and I am seeking in earnest to understand the purpose of my life. ~ "Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye." Mary Shelley, 1818 |
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| Interests | these are a few of my favorite things..,animals in general, mammals, birds,odd-colored animals, calicos,torties, albinos, duns, spots and stripes, African Greys, border collies,gaited horses, Paso Finos, goats, backyard birdwatching, trail riding, wildlife, wildflowers, native plants, yardwork, conservation,food preparation, restaurants,art, drawing, painting,decorating, thrift store shopping, finding new life for old things, jigsaw puzzles, playing spoons, discussing, pondering, satire, reading, poetry, story telling, quote collecting, puns, idioms, metaphors, colloquialism, coincidences, incongruity, religion, theology, philosophy, NPR, PBS |
| Favorite movies | Room with a View,Out of Africa,The Milagro Beanfield War,Chocolat,The Shawshank Redemtion,The English Patient,The Color Purple, Sophie's Choice,Short Cuts,Under the Tuscan Sun,Hair, The Princess Bride,The Philadelphia Story,Bringing Up Baby,Pillow Talk,Young Frankenstein,Airplane, The Jerk, The Naked Gun,and on television:, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, The Colbert Report |
| Favorite music | U2, I used to want to be Bono!,Chris Isaak, Tom Petty, Alison Krauss,Patsy Cline,k.d.lang,Dwight Yoakam,Merle Haggard, classic country & western,bluegrass,banjo,zydeco,Irish folk,classical Spanish guitar,mariachi,flamenco,Gipsy Kings,Django Reinhardt,Billie Holiday,classical, Mozart,Enya,handbells, instrumental, jazz, Flight of the Conchords,Madonna,Selena, Emmylou Harris, Bonnie Raitt, John Denver, 80's,Pretenders,Steely Dan,Journey,Harry Connick Jr.,Michael Buble, Russell Watson,Elvis and the Beatles!, Radiohead,Moby,Seal,the Cult, the Call, the Clash, the ice cream man! |
| Favorite books | Black Beauty,(I've read it one hundred times!),beautiful books,the feel of all hardcover books, coffee table books,picture books, childrens' books,art books, photography books,bibles,encyclopedias, dictionaries,thesauruses,my bird book,quotation collections,cookbooks, non-fiction more than fiction but fiction too,used books, old books,lovingly tattered and torn books,good books, bad books,BOOKS in general |