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About Me

I live simply, enjoy grocery shopping, friendly conversations, reading, writing, watching tv, time on the computer, Scrabble games with family. I love good humor, live music, browsing junk shops, taking snapshots -- and most family get-togethers; appreciate beauty, nature, creativity of others. Am almost vegan, LOVE to travel, esp. to California. A bit hung up on publishing -- to my mind an unshared poem is only half written -- an unshared thought, some sort of loss. In my youth, I enjoyed art in the kitchen booth with my sisters; after dinner, our reading sci-fi aloud with Daddy while mother cleaned nearby, humming softly. A big movie fan, I collected movie star photos. Also collected pretty stones. Wrote poetry and songs; seriously aspired to become an actress. Joined Drama Club in school, became active at the Little Theatre. Cashiered at the St. Johns Theatre. Was trained and taught ballroom dancing at Arthur Murrays. Continued education in art and dance. Became Chapter & State secretary for the Florida Motion Picture & Television Association, then, vice president. Worked in office support and production assistance for ITV at Channel 7 thru the 1980's. Wrote a column in FLORIDA STAGE & SCREEN NEWS and other small publications. Grew to care less about acting, more about writing. Many freelance articles published over the years. Art & poetry received enough awards to raise my hopes, but I remained a "struggling artist." (Type-cast, I fear, as a has-been / wanna be).Employed more than 40 years (mostly in offices), I retired in 2002 as an insurance program administrator. For me, there is no such thing as growing old gracefully. Money never "followed my bliss" when I did. "TrueLove" also avoided me -- somehow I survived all this; it hasn't been easy.THE SHADOW OF RAINBOWS: 100 LifePoems is my single published collection. Some work appears in anthologies, many thanks to Two Friends and other small publishers. Am currently working on a chapbook. (See samples of poems in blog between American Idol chatter.) I hope you enjoy what's shared there and below.P.S. Headshot is by iisurfphotography's "vr"... INCIDENTALLY -- I'm a cat lover from way back -- Garfield and I share this motto: "Life is hard and then you nap." We nap a lot. :-)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Honest folks open to real friendship, some good, clean fun, many "out there" ideas. MUTUAL RESPECT is absolutely necessary!

My Blog

Daddy's Day

Dear Daddy, 30 years since we last celebrated Father's Day with you. Time has flown (at least it seems so, some days) -- not because we've been having that much fun -- but -- not many days at a time g...
Posted by on Sun, 21 Jun 2009 09:24:00 GMT

Did You Think They Could Dance?

A Mixed DecisionAshley & Max were parted from their dance partners Thursday night. The "deal breaking" judges were not in agreement on either elimination, but they and the voting public came to this a...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 23:37:00 GMT

Sew U Think U Kan Dance?

Wishing for CommunicationTonight was the second part of the competition, with 10 contestants paired off, two to be dismissed on tomorrow evening's program.Any other old dance students/teachers reading...
Posted by on Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:44:00 GMT

Excerpts From My Facebook Blabbs

Thus Speaketh The EvBits & Peices. Wit & Wisdom. Sense & Nonsense. (I need to be writing my books!)I'm STILL putting off 'til the morrow & leaving myself too much to look forward to -- !Been trying t...
Posted by on Tue, 16 Jun 2009 03:25:00 GMT

World's Most Unlikely

AMERICAN IDOL RUNNER-UP Adam LambertA Class Act to The EndI could try to analyze why Kris Allen was crowned American Idol Wednesday, all night long, but think i'd bore myself more than any other reade...
Posted by on Wed, 20 May 2009 21:43:00 GMT

Anti-Climax for American Idol

Forgive me if I seem bored (low energy can make it seem as such.)I might just be battling some condition.I'm glad I watched the show tonight.Adam always brings a smile to my face.A couple of his songs...
Posted by on Tue, 19 May 2009 20:26:00 GMT

American Idol Bomb (is not "The Bomb")

I couldn't believe tonight! Nothing against Kris, personally, but over 1000 votes more than Danny?? I was ready for the possibility of Danny winning over Adam next week, if it worked out that way -- b...
Posted by on Wed, 13 May 2009 20:19:00 GMT

American Idol Top 3 Perform

A Pretty Good Show...Danny Gokey 1st performance of the evening -- fulfilling Paula's choice, a duet with a saxophone which left something wanting (I didn't care for her song choice, "Dance Little Sis...
Posted by on Tue, 12 May 2009 22:05:00 GMT

My Kids & Mother's Day

What's to be Grateful For?They has comeAnd they has gone.They has left IAll alone,But what a lovely day it beAnd how it lives in memory --Already fully bloomed,The joy.Two girls, plus my "baby boy"And...
Posted by on Sun, 10 May 2009 16:22:00 GMT

Allison, Not Kris

AMERICAN IDOL DRAWING TO A CLOSEIt may have been a good show. I think it likely was. Paula demonstrated her own rights to claim stardom with a song and dance number. That was nice. Tho I half thought ...
Posted by on Thu, 07 May 2009 09:59:00 GMT