Valorie Cowan Zimmerman - ProfilesArchive

About Me

Grandmother, wife, mother, sister, daughter, aunt, cousin, friend, artist, writer, editor, genealogist, historian, lover of music, poetry, liturature, art, movies, our Mother Earth Gaia, student of humankind. Index to all my stuff on the web: http://valorie.zimmerman.googlepages.com/

My Interests

Friends and family, human rights and politics, movies, music, art, poetry, genealogy, and science.

I'd like to meet:

All my old friends I've lost touch with. Sheri Propes, where are you?

Music:

Everything from medieval to the White Stripes. Most under-appreciated: Rufus Wainwright. Most mainstream: The Beatles. Most off-beat: the Palm Beach Band Boys. Ooooo, shout-out to my man John Prine, another unappreciated genius. Youngest: Smoosh (see http://www.myspace.com/smooshband if you haven't heard them). These girls ROCK.

Check out Peachcake! * http://www.peachcakemusic.com * http://www.purevolume.com/peachcake * http://www.myspace.com/peachcake

Movies:

All the great film directors and producers from the silents to now. A list of my favorites: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/10/latest-and-favorite-fil ms.html . This spring: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2005/03/movies-spring-2005.html

Television:

Loving Queer As Folk! Nightly delight is Jon Stewart at The Daily Show. Still watching every new episode of the Gilmore Girls. Mourning the loss of West Wing, Dead Like Me and Third Watch. Watched every episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Angel. Thanks, Colin! Am looking forward to investigating on DVD: Six Feet Under, Deadwood, and The Sopranos, maybe Tales of the City. Thank goodness for Netflix!!!!!!!

Books:

So many great books! Just finished the complete set of Harry Potter, all the way from England! Yum! Back to the Complete Works of William Shakespeare, beginning with MacBeth.

More books and links to books: http://valoriez.blogspot.com/2004/10/books.html

Heroes:

Colin Kasl, Anne Zimmerman, and Debra Betts are my heroes. They each face their fear and pain every day, and not only do what needs to be done, but excel at school and work. Battling through poverty, pain, depression and loss is so difficult, but they keep on keeping on. Kudos to each of you. I love you.

My Blog

I promise

I promise that it is worthwhile to watch all six+ minutes. Really! ...
Posted by Valorie Cowan Zimmerman on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 04:01:00 PST

Depressing, but necessary

Just a review, but a very thorough one. It's an hour and a half, and worth the time. http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=786692944 8192753501&hl=enThanks for reminding me of this, tanner....
Posted by Valorie Cowan Zimmerman on Wed, 10 Jan 2007 01:58:00 PST

New Online Library Documents LGBT Human Rights Abuses Worldwide

New Online Library Documents LGBT Human Rights Abuses WorldwideRights Abuses Against Gay, Lesbian and HIV+ People Now Available to Help Those Seeking Political Asylum(New York City) The International ...
Posted by Valorie Cowan Zimmerman on Thu, 02 Nov 2006 12:12:00 PST

The Gay Old Party Comes Out

New York Times, October 15, 2006The Gay Old Party Comes OutBy Frank Rich - Op-Ed ColumnistPAGING Tony Perkins of the Family Research Council: Here's a gay Republican story you probably did not hear la...
Posted by Valorie Cowan Zimmerman on Tue, 17 Oct 2006 03:38:00 PST

West Point Thesis Challenges Gay Policy

West Point Thesis Challenges Gay PolicyBy LOLITA C. BALDORThe Associated PressTuesday, August 8, 2006; 5:05 PMhttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/ 08/08/AR2006080800915.htmlWASHIN...
Posted by Valorie Cowan Zimmerman on Wed, 09 Aug 2006 08:31:00 PST

The Euston Manifesto

I signed this manifesto, after reading it on Tom Head's blog, which is part of the Jackson Free Press. Be warned -- this is long. It has to be long, to be clear and complete. Once you are done reading...
Posted by Valorie Cowan Zimmerman on Thu, 20 Jul 2006 03:37:00 PST

New York Marriage Decision: Homophobia Runs Deep

COMMENTARYby Matt Foreman, Executive Director, National Gay and Lesbian Task ForceI never expected New Yorks high court to rule for us on marriage. For a lot of solid legal reasons, New York was never...
Posted by Valorie Cowan Zimmerman on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 07:05:00 PST

Sad but Inspired

I'm listening to the most amazing BBC Radio story about the deaths of the South African children thirty years ago, which brought about the end of apartheid. So often kids and teens feel powerless to c...
Posted by Valorie Cowan Zimmerman on Fri, 16 Jun 2006 02:10:00 PST

Bush on the FMA, Corrected & Annotated

Remarks of President Bush on the Marriage Protection AmendmentCorrected and Annotated by Mark Agrast, Sam Berger and Brodie ButlandCenter for American ProgressJune 5, 2006Thank you all. Please be seat...
Posted by Valorie Cowan Zimmerman on Thu, 08 Jun 2006 03:43:00 PST

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