Native American culture and my heritage; American Indian Movement; the Cherokee Nation; books, arts & crafts, music, tattoos and people who have them, Harleys and the people who ride them, people in general obtaining higher education, nature, dogs, cats, and horses; crystals and stones, holistic medicine, Absinthe, yard sales, movies; travel, travel, travel; spirituality
I'd like to meet:
I'd like to meet amazing, versatile, intelligent, comical, interesting people throughout the U.S. - maybe even the world!!
We should understand well that all things are the works of the Great Spirit. We should know that he is within all things: the trees, the grasses, the rivers, the mountains, and all the four-legged animals, and the winged peoples............. Black Elk, Oglala Lakota
Movies:
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, Last of the Dogmen, Smoke Signals, The Postman, Dances with Wolves, Pirates of the Caribbean, Happy Feet!!, M. Night Shyamalan movies; Boondock Saints, The Pianist, Lonesome Dove,
Television:
World Music; Discovery Channel, Travel Channel, The Learning Channel, Discovery Health, A&E, Grey's Anatomy
Heroes:
My parents, my grandparents, Susan Butcher, Dr. Maya Angelou, my late husband, Wilma Mankiller - former Chief of the Cherokee Nation, DANNY VILLAREALHELLO DANNY!ALTHOUGH I DID NOT KNOW YOU LONG, IT WAS AN HONOR AND A PRIVILEDGE TO MAKE YOUR ACQUAINTANCE. YOU WERE A TALENTED MUSICIAN AND YOU COULD PARTY LIKE A ROCK STAR. MORE IMPORTANTLY, YOU WERE A YOUNG MAN WHO WAS A WONDERFUL HUSBAND AND FATHER. YOU WORKED HARD; YOU PROVIDED A GOOD LIVING AND A NICE HOME FOR YOUR FAMILY; YOU WERE RESPONSIBLE AND RELIABLE; AND YOU EXHIBITED LOVE, CARING, KINDNESS, COMPASSION, AND UNDERSTANDING TO NOT ONLY YOUR FAMILY BUT ALSO YOUR FRIENDS. YOU WERE A HERO TO YOUR CHILDREN. BY SACRIFICING YOUR OWN LIFE IN YOUR ATTEMPT TO SAVE YOUR CHILDREN, YOU ALSO BECAME A HERO TO SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE - YOUR FAMILY, YOUR FRIENDS, AND THOSE WHO DID AND DID NOT HAVE THE PLEASURE OF KNOWING YOU. PEACE BE WITH YOU DANNY VILLAREAL - YOU'RE ALWAYS A HERO IN MY EYES!!
