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Becca

Live well. Play hard. Do all things with passion.

About Me


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Me? I'm nobody special. A fairly average kind of girl. I'm married with three beautiful children, volunteer at my church, dedicated to home and career, I enjoy physical fitness... OH! And I sing. I sing a lot.Currently I sing in a small "acapulco" ensemble, as well as the church choir, I front a jazz trio (see wrappedinsatin.com) and I work with the Court Revelers--a comedic musical group featured at the Minnesota Renaissance Festival.A lot of people ask me "How do you do it all?" The answer is simple. Be true to what you love. Do as much as you can when you can and keep your loved ones close to you every step of the way. They never let you fail.

My Interests

Music, canoeing, hiking, walking my dog, container gardens, hack poetry and verbal banter. I get stressed out fairly easily, so any and all of my interests can become coping mechanisms at a moments notice. Note: Banter turns into tirade once I hit the boiling point.

I'd like to meet:

If it were possible, Ella Fitzgerald, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amy Lee, Tori Amos. I also think it'd be a hoot to have coffee with Sam Clemens and Dorothy Parker.Don't be fooled by the fluffy exterior though--if I can't access your profile I won't add you. No offense. Just saving us both time and trouble.

You are The Empress

Beauty, happiness, pleasure, success, luxury, dissipation.

The Empress is associated with Venus, the feminine planet, so it represents, beauty, charm, pleasure, luxury, and delight. You may be good at home decorating, art or anything to do with making things beautiful.

The Empress is a creator, be it creation of life, of romance, of art or business. While the Magician is the primal spark, the idea made real, and the High Priestess is the one who gives the idea a form, the Empress is the womb where it gestates and grows till it is ready to be born. This is why her symbol is Venus, goddess of beautiful things as well as love. Even so, the Empress is more Demeter, goddess of abundance, then sensual Venus. She is the giver of Earthly gifts, yet at the same time, she can, in anger withhold, as Demeter did when her daughter, Persephone, was kidnapped. In fury and grief, she kept the Earth barren till her child was returned to her.

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Music:

Performers: Ella Fitzgerald, The Wicked Tinkers, Satchmo, Naimph Parsons, Diana Krall, Bounding Main, Jim Reeves, Evanescence, NIN, Sting, Tori Amos, Rusted Root, Simon & Garfunkel, Tom Hunter (check him out--he's local!) The Court Revelers (Check them out too!) and of course, Wrapped in Satin. Composers: Palestrina, Taize , Scarlatti, Sting, Cole Porter, Jason Mraz, Shawn Colvin, Johnny Cash

Movies:

Much Ado About Nothing; Twelfth Night; The Truth About Cats And Dogs; Force of Nature; Mary Poppins; any Sean Connery movie after 1985. Any John Cusak movie - period.

Television:

I don't watch grown up TV. Life is not a spectator sport.

Books:

Rumi Love Poems; 365 Saints; Alfred Lord Tennysons Idylls of the King; Jane Eyre; Robert Herrick; Bill Wordsworth; John Donne; A.A. Milne, Jane Austin. Current read: Mansfield Park.

Heroes:

My sister, the World's Greatest Mom. My Mom, who taught her how. Anyone who's given all they have and done all they can do to follow their calling. That takes courage beyond measure.

My Blog

Festival Time Again

And now, for my next trick... the Minnesota Renaissance Festival!Yes, the time has come, and it's already slipping by so fast that I wonder if I'll ever be able to appreciate it all.  This weeken...
Posted by Becca on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:52:00 PST

Concert Data Change

Okay, so I'm not the most organized cat on the fence.  The concert date is SUNDAY JUNE 29 - NOT SATURDAY 6/28.  Start time is 2PM for those adventurous souls who choose to make the journey.W...
Posted by Becca on Thu, 19 Jun 2008 10:04:00 PST

What happens when you know your purpose.

I've had my first real-life experiences with illness this year.  Not the child-like, "somebody's sick so we're going to bring them flowers" sort of experiences that we tend to accumulate in our a...
Posted by Becca on Wed, 28 May 2008 06:20:00 PST

It's coming...

    Ever have one of those days when you can practically feel the earth tremble from the onslaught of challenges coming at you?  That was my day.Everything from my job to my childr...
Posted by Becca on Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:36:00 PST