My PASSION is for the UK and the CELTIC culture. It's history, people and Folklore is very fascinating to me.
Hobbies include: **Making all natural handmade soaps from essential oils & herbs **Photography **Sketching/Painting portraits of people in various mediums **Writing poetry--(I'm a published author in 12 books & anthologies).
**Listening to music keeps me alive(mentally) as working on my "FITNESS" does (physically). **I can always go for a round of kickboxing or a MENSA "brainteaser" puzzle Challenge.
I play the harmonica and the pennywhistle. My favorite instrument is the Violin/Fiddle. Currently teaching myself to play-This is a challenge as I only have a right-handed violin and I am LEFT-HANDED! ..
My favorite music to listen to is CELTIC!!(traditional & contemporary). Singer Loreena McKennitt is Phenomenal! Other Celtic artists I enjoy are: Scalags, Dave Harnetty, Clannad, Enya, The Clan, The Pogues, and The GlenGarry Bhoys.
I have an eclectic interest in music but tend to be most attracted to World and New Age sounds, Electronica, Reggae, Folk, Bluegrass mountain music-(banjo, fiddle, harmonica), and Contemp. Swing.
I do NOT like RAP or SPEED Metal!
I love music from the 60's-Woodstock! but 80’s music has a special place in HEART because that is MY generation. I am still IN LOVE with my 80’s Bands:
The ALARM, DEXYS, A-Ha, Depeche Mode, Big Country, The Fixx, Frankie Goes to Hollywood, Def Leppard, Culture Club, Sade, Psychedelic Furs, U2, Bananarama and so on…To me, that was the BEST ERA OF MUSIC.
Lord of the Rings (all 3), Merlin, Willy Wonka (1971 original version), Oliver Twist (Roman Polanski directed 2005) Dangerous Liasons, Elizabeth, Time Bandits, White Chicks, anything Monty Python!!, Scary Movie 2, Pirates of the Caribbean (Dead Man's Chest), Shawshank Redemption, Name of the Rose, The 6th Sense, In the Mouth of Madness, Photographing Fairies, any Ray Bradbury story, any type of ghost story movie and of course Comedies--I LOVE TO LAUGH!
TV?? What is THAT?? I really don't like TV and hardly ever watch it. Mindless thing....Too many stupid reality shows anyway..If I do, it is usually the Learning and Discovery Channels, XFILES or VH1 Behind the Music.
Alice in Wonderland--Lewis Carroll is either brilliantly mad or madly brilliant! I also like to read any kind of Art book or Natural Health and Healing book. I love the Griffin and Sabin 6 book series by Nick Bantock-You won't be able to put it down!