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About Me

Since a number of people have asked, I guess I'll answer some of those questions...about me...? well, there's NEVER enough time in the day or night to do feel see experience love all the things that captivate me!!! some of those things include witnessing the evolution of my two sons and sharing in their childhoods, live music, independent film, being near or in or on the ocean (love to sail), cooking for and with my friends and then eating it all together, again, while listening to great music, lol.. viewing great art and photography and talking with the creators of such, reading, a lot of reading...(books, newspapers, and I especially like to read graffitti!), martial arts (currently kung fu san soo...also have trained in kenpo, Iaido, escrima, White Crane kung fu, Qi Gong, Tai Chi, Shaolin, Bagwa, Wing Chun, etc...) Currently, I work in admin and the wine dept. of a cooperative grocery store, have a parttime massage practice in a martial arts school, and do unpaid freelance music promotional work just because it makes me happy!! ok, there's a lot more, but you can just ask about that....

My Interests

my sons live music independent film kung fu san soo travel cooking and eating great food sailing hiking reading actual books experiencing art humor in all forms

I'd like to meet:

real people...

Music:

too many to name all, but... Vibe Arc, all the CTI folk.....Freddie Hubbard, my flugel inspiration Herbie Hancock Quincy Jones Jack deJohnette John Coltrane Theolonius Monk Carmel Jones, thank you. Jeff Beck Joni Mitchell Cream Charles Mingus Miles Davis Jimmie Hendrix Chick Corea David Bowie Bourgeois Tagg The Borman Six Cake Macabre Shocks Ella Fitzgerald Billie Holliday Ray Charles Chet Atkins Cannonball Adderley Sun Ra The Verve The Police The Stones Bob Marley Segovia Stevie Ray Vaughn Public Enemy Raconteurs Salvador Santana Dinah Washington

Movies:

La Mecanica Brainstorm The Brother From Another Planet Babel Girl With Gun Tap 21 Grams Kurosawa and Zatoichi films

Television:

Sponge Bob Squarepants old SNL Hill Street Blues South Park

Books:

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone The Art of War The Feeling of What Happens Netter's Anatomy poetry by Gary Snyder authors David Mamet, Milan Kundera, Richard Brautigan John Sayles' screenwriting

Heroes:

my sons Sidney Poitier's mom, Russ's mom, Malcolm X Quincy Jones the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Mother Theresa Chief Joseph Buckminster Fuller Wassily Kandinsky my friends Suzie, Corky, and my San Soo teacher Vince

My Blog

what really matters

"WHERE HAVE I KNOWN YOU BEFOREWHERE DID WE PLAY AMONG GALAXIES BRIGHTLAUGHING AND DANCING, CREATING EACH NIGHTDECIDING THE COURSE; TO THEN VENTURE ON OUTLOVE, YOU, AND IFREE FROM FEAR, FREE FROM DOUBT...
Posted by Paula on Fri, 16 May 2008 11:35:00 PST

requiem

ashes expiredcommon nownot missed..finally.it took too long waiting for this one to de-fuseherselforganically,finally.maybe next time,more humanity.
Posted by Paula on Sat, 10 May 2008 05:12:00 PST

adolescence

It’s spring break...and I was casually checking the cell phone activity of my Aries gonna-be-a-teenager-soon son, and asked if I could see his photos. He’s been hanging with his friends, ...
Posted by Paula on Wed, 26 Mar 2008 05:28:00 PST

to my friends, who are men

for much, if not most of my life, my closest friends have been men. cool guys - creative, funny, real, creative talented, homeboys...I have been so lucky....I think about this, often, and wonder, why...
Posted by Paula on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 08:04:00 PST

now...

NOVEMBER DAY AT MCCLURE’S BEACH by Robert Bly"Alone on the jagged rock at the south end of McClure’s Beach. The sky low. The sea grows more and more private, as afternoon goes on; the s...
Posted by Paula on Sat, 15 Mar 2008 10:39:00 PST

Valentine’s Day

I spent Valentine's Day with myself, and it was wonderful!I hung out in Berkeley, and it was a beautiful, sunny day,and stayed at an awesome old historic place which featured live jazz and a chance to...
Posted by Paula on Sat, 16 Feb 2008 02:13:00 PST

roots

I feel so strongly about this, that I decided to post it in more permanent fashion, as a blog, as well as a bulletin. PCelebrate THIS!!!Body: February is Black History Month, and invites an opportun...
Posted by Paula on Thu, 07 Feb 2008 01:29:00 PST

in the studio

It was meaningful to spend this evening in the studio with a couple of young raw energetic bands. There are just too few venues and recording opportunities for the under 21 creative crowd. Their fan...
Posted by Paula on Sun, 03 Feb 2008 12:01:00 PST

in between

This is my first blog. I am moving from the home I have raised my sons in for 12 years, and my response is mixed. P
Posted by Paula on Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:35:00 PST