Currently, my main interest is the lovely tiny cabana resort in Cuba which I visited back in February: "Villa Don Lino" - click on photo below to see more (note, I didn't take these photos!) :-)
Beyond that, sooo many interests:
Hiking, canoeing, swimming - love the ocean and lakes. Animal and bird-watching. Any kind of cat (my kitties, especially of course!). Manatees! Giant Fruit Bats! Sea Turtles and reptiles in general. Dragonflies and damselflies. Desserts (especially Gelato: Nocciola and Baccio). Breakfast is my favourite meal of the day. World travel and other cultures, sociology, psychology, human rights / social justice. I've read tarot for years. Teaching girls and young women (as well as some not so young, ahem) body/self/size acceptance. And I'm proud of the streaks of silver that now grace my still-long hair - I've earned every one :-)
I'd like to meet:
MET HIM ALREADY: My beau is 6'5" and carries a BIG BANJO!
Joined to meet my sistah: "Queen P", who joined then talked me into it too (she needed a "Myspace friend" - What is family for, right?). I've also amassed an eclectic array of fascinating friends, so do look beyond my "top 40"!
Music:
Classic jazz (Ella, Sarah et al, latin jazz (Jobim, Bebe Gilberto), RnB, Funk, soul, blues, old country, bluegrass, newgrass, "Americana" folk, Harlem gospel, classical (Mozart), BVSC ...
"LIVE MUSIC IS BETTER; BUMPER STICKERS SHOULD BE ISSUED" (Neil Young)
Movies:
The Fisher King, Planes Trains and Automobiles, Shirley Valentine, All of Me, Little Miss Sunshine, La Vita e Bella (Life is Beautiful), Venus (2007 w/ Peter O'Toole), The Wizard of OZ, The Bear, Into the Arms of Strangers (The Kindertransport Story), The Crying Game, This IS Spinal Tap, Mr. Bean's Holiday, Chocolat, Like Water for Chocolate, The Station Agent, Fried Green Tomatoes, Only the Lonely, So I Married an Axe Murderer, It's a Wonderful Life, Casablanca, The Best Years of Our Lives, Ghandi, Switchblade, Boys Don't Cry, The Castle, Waking Ned Devine, The English Patient, Shadowlands (CS Lewis story), Tatie Danielle, Romancing the Stone, 40 Year Old Virgin, Angela's Ashes, The Queen (Helen Mirren), Casino Royale (2007), Sicko, anything with Daniel Day-Lewis ...
Television:
Hamish MacBeth (Best TV show of all time, starring Robert Carlyle - BBC Scotland), Extras (UK), 6 Ft Under, All in the Family, The Carol Burnett Show, X-Files, The Office (UK and American), Codco, Father Ted, Chef!(BBC), Silent Witness(BBC), A Touch of Frost(BBC), Cracker(BBC). Biting political satire (This Hour Has 22 Minutes, The Daily Show), QAF(UK and American), Prime Suspect(BBC), Trial and Retribution(BBC), Inspector Lynley Mysteries (BBC), Human Edge (Documentaries - TVO), The Passionate Eye (Documentaries), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (the original, only), Chicago Hope (Christine Lahti is a fine actor), Doc Martin (BBC), Simpsons, Frasier, Y and R (can't believe I'm admitting that one!), nature docs, National Geographic, Globetrekker, The Weather Channel, Trailer Park Boys (mainly because of Bubbles - and his kitties) - LOL!!!
Books:
The Shipping News, Angela's Ashes, Women Who Run With The Wolves, E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake), Nevada Barr www.nevadabarr.com (if you LOVE nature AND gritty murder mysteries: the protagonist "Anna Pigeon" is a feisty NPS park ranger and each book takes place in a different US national park - stunning nature imagery in her writing and wonderful character development - mixed with complex macabre crimes that always get solved!), Sara Paretsky, Patricia Cornwell, John Lecarre, Kathy Reichs (but the TV show "Bones", based on her mysteries totally sucks!), Naked Came the Manatee (collection of short stories by Florida writers inc Carl Hiassen, Dave Barry), The Tao of Pooh, Thomas Moore ("Care of the Soul" and "Soulmates"), Merle Shain ("Courage My Love", "Some Men Are More Perfect Than Others", etc)
Heroes:
My Dad and Mum, Nicholas Winton, Liviu Librescu, Anne Frank, Simon Weisenthal, Elie Wiesel, Rosa Parks, Ghandi, Charles Darwin, Carol Burnett, Queen Latifah, Camryn Manheim, KD Lang
