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aLyse

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me

my backgrounds Background image by alfarman. Creative Commons some rights reserved. View the license here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/2.0/I am knit into the fabric between the Mountains and the River.

My Interests

Art, crafts, people, animals, music, my violin , vegan cooking, local culture, gardening, all things Speedball-referring to the former Hunt pen company in Statesville, NC.

I'd like to meet:

Other life-forms

Music:

Bob Dylan, Whistlegrass, Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Wilco, Leonard Cohen, The Jayhawks, Mark Olson, Son Volt, The Old Medicine Crows, Slaid Cleaves, Townes VanZandt, Ryan Adams, Whiskeytown, Buck Owens, Hank Williams, Jimmy Rogers, Golden Smog, Gram Parsons, Lucinda Williams, Greg Brown, Woody Guthrie, Tom Waits, Cat Stevens, Roddy Hart, The Greencards, Gill Landry

Movies:

Still, Harold and Maude Also, Bridges of Madison County & Space Balls

Television:

None for me thanks!

Books:

Fav's: Living on the Earth (Laurel), The Good Life (the Nearings), Diet for a New World (Robbins) The Naked Lunch (Burroughs), anything Poe, Hemmingway, Metamorphisis (Kafka) Grendel, too many cookbooks to list. 2008: 2008: Girls, Visions and Everything (Schulman), Allen Ginsberg (Miles), Confessions of a Raving Unconfined Nut, misadventures in the counter-culture(Krassner), The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time (Haddon), Cider House Rules (Irving), Wild Fermentation (Katz), The Lovely Bones (Sebold) - I need to get more books form Richard!

Heroes:

Maybe I'm too cynical for heros. Maybe I'll think of one.

My Blog

From the februaury train to Baltimore

Snowflakes in Trenton Upon closer inspection Appear to be white fiber Fluff   Too early for pollen Pollution? __________   The spicy smell of sausage/pepperoni Churns my stomach Meat mix...
Posted by aLyse on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 07:09:00 PST

Scarborough

A man in an orange vest Raises a hand held to his Ear as the train passes. He is alone.   The river reflects A hint of yellow Through the hazy sky, Each ripple an uprising Of the force below. ...
Posted by aLyse on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 06:43:00 PST

The sacred sons of Mother Earth

Last night I dreamed about the rabbits The sacred sons of Mother Earth Tucked snuggly in their hole   A womb scratched out of earth Swaddled in soft grasses Safe for now The Rabbits   Cro...
Posted by aLyse on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:23:00 PST

Back from Catskill

the snow sets west I drive through cabins up 23A to the mountains white against the purpling sky   Story's cows left light turns to red along the ridge past pipes pizza-pancake-house entering...
Posted by aLyse on Wed, 19 Dec 2007 06:44:00 PST

Cardinal, my friend

We watch each other Symbiotic beings working separately Gone are the days when your songfollowed me to the gardenNow we prepare for winterYou in the catalpa and me under the pine S...
Posted by aLyse on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:34:00 PST

Queen Anne

Where once umbrellas of white flowers stood bobbing tall out of long grasses,   Now closed brown nests mourn the passing of their season, cupping their hands around their faces, St...
Posted by aLyse on Sun, 14 Oct 2007 06:57:00 PST

I am Still

Feet curled beneath me Early morning light filters past Bright like crystal Through the windows   I hear only the sounds of the old refrigerator Listening to the high hum The low whir I lose ...
Posted by aLyse on Wed, 29 Aug 2007 10:11:00 PST

Nettle

I drink nettle tea knowing It will make me strong and resilient And unafraid to bite...
Posted by aLyse on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:15:00 PST

Above

the bowl of blue sky darkens and is pricked by a million pin-like stars...
Posted by aLyse on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:02:00 PST

I Pickled God

God is in my garden I see it every day Contained in all the living And so too in the dying Nothing goes to waste   God is clearly here In every firm tomato In every leaf and slug In the flowers...
Posted by aLyse on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 05:25:00 PST