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Alida Cornelius

NEED A WRITER, COLUMNIST? NEED ART? WANT TO BLUEGRASS JAM?

About Me

Hmmmm....I took on of those tests. It says I am
You Are An ENFJ
The Giver
You strive to maintain harmony in relationships, and usually succeed.
Articulate and enthusiastic, you are good at making personal connections.
Sometimes you idealize relationships too much - and end up being let down.
You find the most energy and comfort in social situations ... where you shine.
You would make a good writer, human resources director, or psychologist. What's Your Personality Type? WHAT AM I DOING AND WHAT HAVE I DONE? SHEESH....I AM AN OLD LADY NOW, BUT I AM WRITING A BOOK OF SHORT STORIES, ENTITLED, "CARL THOMAS, THE EVILIST MAN IN THE RIVER BOTTOM, AND OTHER SHORT STORIES FROM THE SOUTH." .... AND A PLAY ENTITLED, "JIMMY LEE AND ME."........ A ........(le sigh)..."RAGS TO RICHES", AND "RICHES TO RAGS" STORY ABOUT A GAY HORSETRAINER AND A DEPRESSED DIVORCEE.....HAVE HAD A FEW THINGS PUBLISHED IN THE PAST. WRITING IS A PASSION, A RELEASE OF FLOODED MEMORIES ENTERTWINED WITH IMAGINATION. I AM A DIE-HARD "RIVER RAT" AND HAVE TO LIVE NEAR MY BELOVED OHIO RIVER, ALTHOUGH AN OCEAN WOULD DO. ........Had a hot dog cart in Key West, Florida in the late "70's. Spyro Gyro used to come and buy hot dogs after they finished their gigs at Captain Tony's, who was a good friend of mine.Tennesee Williams would stop by also. I lived across from the Hemmingway house. KEY WEST WAS COOL IN THOSE DAYS, UNSPOILED BY DEVELOPMENT, FULL OF REBELS...SAILORS....AND FISHERMEN..... AND DOGS LAY SLEEPIN' ON THE SIDEWALKS IN FRONT OF THEIR MASTER'S HOUSES AND EVERYONE MINDED THEIR OWN BUSINESS AND DIDN'T TRY TO PASS ORDINANCES TRYIN' TO TELL YOU WHAT COLOR YOU HAD TO PAINT YOUR HOUSE. WELL, THEY DID TRY ONCE, BUT THE HISTORICAL SOCIETY CAME IN AND VETOED IT. I started raising banty chickens and they took over the island ...MY LEGACY TO KEY WEST. But I alway had fresh eggs and after I got them, nobody stole my bicycles anymore. They make great watchdogs and what the "new people", who are fighting to get rid of all the chickens, don't realize is that they eat all the bugs, including the SCORPIONS which used to be everywhere. OL' KEY WEST CHANGED, EVEN THOUGH NO ONE WANTED IT, BUT EVERYONE SAW IT COMING.......... NOW, THE LAST LIVING REEF IN NORTH AMERICA WHICH IS OFF THE ATLANTIC COAST IS DYIN' ALONG WITH THE REMAINING MANATEE POPULATION AND ALSO MUCH OF THE FISH...Worked for treasure salvor, Mel Fisher, as his secretary for awhile when he needed help to start his Atocha musuem....AND I worked onboard ships for commercial swordfishing, scuba trips and treasure salvage and delivered yachts....all in the Atlantic Ocean and the stream between Key West and the Havana Light, in Cuba.. .KEY WEST IS CLOSER TO HAVANA THAN IT IS TO MIAMI. IN TIMES PAST, IT WAS AN INTERNATIONAL PORT OF TRADE, A BUSTLING BUSY ISLAND, COLORFUL WITH MANY LANGUAGES SPOKEN. The natives of Key West used to always say they were not part of the USA....being descendants of pirates AND traders and such....but it was fun...the garbage trucks ran around town, advertising that they ALSO CATERED WEDDINGS......Taxis had bumper stickers saying, "Have you been rude to a tourist today?"... .... No one wanted Key West to change, but it did....... The reefs are dying and the boomers and those before have done it......we need to save the last living reef in North America, off the Florida Keys. Florida is being overdeveloped.......... THE EVERGLADES ARE IN PERIL ALSO.......I fought for the environment as an environmental advocate. When you are older, don't blame all of we boomers. SOME OF US TRIED AND ARE STILL TRYING! ..Before I could drive, I could sail a boat and my daddy threw me in the river when I was little and he said, " Honey, you have to sink or swim." AND THAT IS THE REALITY OF LIFE. YOU HAVE TO SINK OR SWIM. BUT THERE "AIN'T" (IN THE SOUTH, WE LIKE TO USE THAT WORD). I think I would starve, though before I would work for Wal-Mart. THEY TREAT THEIR STAFF LIKE SLAVES!!!!!! NO BENEFITS and they DON'T HIRE MANAGERS IN THE TOWNS THEY MOVE TO, MOVING FAMILIES AWAY FROM EXTENDED FAMILY. They are definitely NOT family oriented.II THINK THE VIDEOS I HAVE ADDED ARE SO IMPORTANT TO SHARE. PLEASE WATCH THEM. AND FOR YOUR HEALTH, ONLY DRINK ORGANIC MILK. OUR CHILDREN ARE BEING SERVED MILK WITH DANGEROUS SYNTHETIC HORMONES IN THEM EVERYDAY AT SCHOOL. GO TO YOUR KID'S SCHOOL AND WORK WITH THE PTA or PSA TO STOP THE SERVING OF UNORGANIC MILK AT THEIR SCHOOLS. IT'S A SAD DAY WHEN PROFITS ARE MORE IMPORTANT THAN PEOPLE.PEOPLE IN INDIA ARE OUTRAGED AT MONSANTO'S GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROP SEEDS!!!!! AND DISCUSS HOW AMERICAN FARMERS HAVE BEEN SUED BY MONSANTO. HEY, YOUR SEEDS ARE PATENTED NOW, FARMERS! DETECTIVES OF MONSANTO USED HELICOPTERS TO LOOK AT FARMERS LANDS IN THE USA TO SUE THEM.....THE MONSANTO CORPORATION IS AN ENEMY OF THE PEOPLE.MAYBE MY BOOK SHOULD BE CALLED, "MONSANTO, THE EVILEST CORPORATION IN THE RIVER BOTTOM, AND OTHER SHORT STORIES FROM BANKRUPT SOUTHERN FARMERS".HEY, PEOPLE,!!!!!!IN TESTS WHERE GENETICALLY GROWN CORN WAS FED TO ANIMALS, MANY DIED. OUR FOOD SUPPLY ISN'T SAFE ANYMORE. AUTISM IS A DISEASE POPPING UP IN EVERY one in 106 CHILDEN BORN TODAY IN THE USA. AUTOIMMUNE DISEASES LIKE MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS, RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS, LUPUS, FIBROMYALGIA AND MANY OTHERS ARE EPIDEMIC. NEWSFLASH...MONSANTO SUES TO STOP A MOTION TO INTERVENE IN A CASE ASKING FOR A PERMANANT INJUNCTION TO STOP PLANTING OF THE FIRM'S GENETICALLY MODIFIED "ROUNDUP READY ALFALFA". THE MONSANTO CORPORATION IS POISONING US THROUGH OUR FOOD SOURCES!!! WHEN THE CATTLE EAT "ROUNDUP", WHERE DO YOU THINK THAT GOES? IN OUR FOOD CHAIN!!!! AND THE LATEST NEWS FROM THE FDA IS THAT BABY FOOD SOLD IN OUR GROCERY STORES IS TOXIC!!!!!!!!! DO WE HAVE TO WAIT FOR YEARS AND YEARS OF RESEARCH TO FIND OUT WHAT'S CAUSING THIS HORRIFIC RISE IN DISEASE BEFORE WE TRY GOING BACK TO GROWING FOOD LIKE OUR GRANDPARENTS DID AND SEE IF THAT HAS ANY EFFECT? OUR GOVERNMENT ISN'T PROTECTING US ANYMORE IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY. MULTIIPLE SCLEROSIS IS HIGH IN PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THE FOOD INDUSTRY AND OUR TROOPS RETURNING FROM THE WAR.

My Interests

Writing, drawing, painting, and I have an autoharp, a mandolin, a concertina, and my trusty stainless steel spoons which I love to play. Art, theatre, bluegrass music and music of any sort is all good. Boating is my favorite thing to do...ESPECIALLY out -to- sea in the gulf stream off the Atlantic shores...... there is nothing so beautiful when you are far out at sea, and you can't see land, and the sea is as calm as glass and the full moon shines on the water and the stars are so bright. I have been to the Sargasso Sea 200 miles out in the Atlantic Ocean when I tried commercial swordfishing for a living. But the ocean was dying even then and the swordfish were just babies. Mostly we caught 10 foot Hammerhead Sharks. Now I love to sit at night in the river bottom and watch the barges go by on the Ohio River. I AM ALSO INTERESTED IN WHAT THE DRUG COMPANIES MARKET ON TELEVISON DIRECTLY TO THE PUBLIC, WHICH TO ME IS UNETHICAL. Do you take Prosac, Zoloft,Paxil, or any drugs called antidepressants which are called "ssri"s????? You make actually be doing yourself more harm than good! HATE the fact that so many people in the US feel that they are depressed and the five top drugs sold in this country are antidepressants.. BOY, THEY KNOW HOW TO MARKET THOSE THINGS! NEWSFLASH!!!! SSRI's can cause birth defects AND SUICIDAL TENDANCIES AND WORKPLACE VIOLENCE! I AM INTERESTED IN FOOD SAFETY AND THE CONDITIONS IN OUR FOOD SUPPLY. ARE YOU A MEAT EATER LIKE ME? I WOULD LIKE THE GOVERNMENT TO STOP THE INHUMANE SLAUGHTERING OF OUR MEAT SUPPLY. IF YOU HAVE THE "GUTS", WATCH THIS VIDEO BELOW, THEN YOU ARE A BRAVE SOUL. WHEN A COW IS SLAUGHTERED THIS WAY, MANY HORMONES DISPERSERED BY FEAR GO INTO THE MEAT, ADDING MORE THINGS IN OUR FOOD WE SHOULDN'T EAT.width="425" height="350" ....APPETIZING, ISN'T IT? RUSH, DON'T STOP! GO BUY A MCDONALDS HAMBURGER. There ARE ways of killing beef humanely.Why don't they do it? BECAUSE THEY ARE IDIOTS WORKING FOR A CORPORATION, THAT'S WHY!!!! NO REAL FARMER WOULD KILL HIS STOCK THAT WAY!!!!! Some of my interests are also discovering who the biggest idiots in this world are and how can we stop them?..I am a non-violent activist, an e-activist and I use THE PEN AND MY COMPUTER TO TRY TO ALERT PEOPLE AND TO MAKE CHANGES IN OUR COUNTRY! Ohhhh, but I would like to close that place down and others like it, wouldn't you?

I'd like to meet:

I WOULD LIKE TO MEET OWNERS OR EDITORS OF PUBLICATIONS, NEWSPAPERS, MAGAZINES, WHO NEED A COLUMNIST OR FREE LANCE WRITER WHO WOULD CARE TO READ SAMPLES OF MY WRITING AND HIRE ME!!!! .PLUS, I AM JUST HERE 'A HAVIN' FUN AND MEETING INTERESTING PEOPLE, LIKE YOU!

Music:

All music is great. (But, especially bluegrass) The new release by Michael Cleveland, "Let'R Go Boys!" from Rounder records is in my car CD player. Whew, Michael can sure play that fiddle. For some free music, check out this podcast by Blue Highway.Good bluegrass music for free.
Click here to get your own player.

Movies:

Favorite movies? I have favorite movies and movie stars.. Judy Garland in "The Land of OZ". Oprah Winfrey in "The Color Purple". Elizabeth Taylor in so many films, Alfred Hitchcock and all the greats of yesteryear. The brilliant directors who used great lighting techniques without computer graphics, the great great actresses and actors, like JIMMY STEWART. "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" which he was in and how I WISH OUR GOVERNMENT REALLY OPERATED THIS WAY! .I LOVE Hindi movies with all the dancing and singing. You can get the cool foreign films off NetFlix.

Television:

Who cares what TV shows I like, really? I guess some marketing people do. A few are: My Name Is Earl. Antiques Roadshow. History Detective, Free Speech TV. Sundance.Independent Film Channel.The Learning Channel.National Geographic. Good old black and white movies on Turner Classic Films, oh, and UGLY BETTY!!!!

Books:

I READ. A FEW OF MY FAVORITES ARE:"The Four Agreements" by Don Miguel Ruiz Anything written by Tennesee Williams or William Faulkner. Leonardo Da Vinci's Advice to Artists.

Heroes:

HEROS????? SURE!!!!! Mother Teresa... width="425" height="350" .... ...I love Truckers. Air Traffic Controllers. All pilots. Teachers. Tug boat captains, who, I think have one of the most difficult jobs, hauling all sorts of things through the inland waterways. All people who help others. God, who has many names. Our mother, the Earth and all the creatures who survive her and those who are trying. Benjamin Franklin, an American writer, signer of the Declaration of Independence, inventor who once said, "There has never been a good war or a bad peace." And also Margaret Mead, who once said,"NEVER DOUBT THAT A SMALL GROUP OF COMMITTED CITIZENS CAN CHANGE THE WORLD. INDEED, IT IS THE ONLY THING THAT EVER HAS."

My Blog

News From the Bureau of Economic Analysis, Dept. of Commerce

The U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) has issued the following news release today sent to me in my regular emailed newsletter:The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Anaylsis, thro...
Posted by Alida Cornelius on Thu, 14 Feb 2008 10:18:00 PST

Congressman Baron Hill’s letter to me regarding industrial hemp.

February 5, 2008 Dear Ms. Cornelius, Thank you for contacting me to share your views on H.R. 1009, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2007. I appreciate you taking the time to share your opinions ...
Posted by Alida Cornelius on Wed, 06 Feb 2008 02:35:00 PST

I am the educational outreach specialist for our watershed.

Howdy. I am the educational outreach specialist for the Mustackatuck Watershed Association. My job is to have an art contest for the Watershed Association for the schools in the watershed.My job is to...
Posted by Alida Cornelius on Sun, 27 Jan 2008 08:44:00 PST

Well, I went to our meeting tonight for the watershed

The grant we have is only to inventory the toxic substances in a small percentage of creeks, streams and the river.It's only a beginning whereas PA has been doing this since 1981.According to my sourc...
Posted by Alida Cornelius on Tue, 15 Jan 2008 09:08:00 PST

The Article PROVING some GM corn is killing the micro-system

News ReleaseMonday, October 8, 2007Last modified: Monday, October 8, 2007Study shows genetically engineered corn could affect aquatic ecosystemsBroadcast media: To interview Todd Royer on-camera via t...
Posted by Alida Cornelius on Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:24:00 PST

Proposed Ban on Genetically Modified Corn in Europe

Proposed Ban on Genetically Modified Corn in EuropeArticle Tools Sponsored ByBy JAMES KANTERPublished: November 23, 2007PARIS, Nov. 22  European Union environmental officials have determined that two...
Posted by Alida Cornelius on Sun, 25 Nov 2007 08:31:00 PST

Genetically Modified Corn Seeds...A Corny Rant.

Until recently, I really didn't know that all the corn growing on my cousin's farm in the riverbottom was the genetically modified kind which is impervious to Round Up, the herbicide which is such a h...
Posted by Alida Cornelius on Thu, 21 Jun 2007 07:54:00 PST

I love my mother.

The other day, while walking on the beach, my dear mother who is in her late 70's, and I started talking about the "war". I told her that my own daughter (her grandaughter) said to me that if a mandat...
Posted by Alida Cornelius on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 11:33:00 PST

Venezuela stops Monsanto. Why can't we?

From: STOP MONSANTODate: May 4, 2007 7:14 PMSubject VICTORY FOR STOP MONSANTO! Venezuela dumps Monsanto!Body: VENEZUELA: Chavez dumps MonsantoSunday, April 29, 2007 1:34 PMVenezuelan President Hugo ...
Posted by Alida Cornelius on Sat, 05 May 2007 05:05:00 PST

Frightening Article in The Washington Post Regarding the Patriot Act

Frightening Article in the Washington PostEntitledMy National Security Letter Gag OrderFriday, March 23, 2007; A17It is the policy of The Washington Post not to publish anonymous pieces. In this case,...
Posted by Alida Cornelius on Sat, 31 Mar 2007 11:57:00 PST