~~I love life...family...children, grandchildren...friends.....aquariums...dogs and cats...wolves...owls and other birds ....animals in general.....am into health and nutrition...herbs, vitamins, homeopathy.... massage.... polarity... and hands on healing...meditation and prayer and rituals and anything metaphysical.... astrology...tarot...the Runes and the I Ching....doing crafty things like, crocheting...decoupaging or painting or staining wood things... playing with plants and dirt... some people call that gardening...love dancing alone in my livingroom...singing in the car...playing with my cats...and puttering around the house...Buddhas....rocks and crystals.....cooking for family, friends...and for myself... am great on the gas BBQ... love reading and good books of all kinds......dark chocolate.....computers.....and the internet and of course, MySpace...music....got to have music.... and laughing daily...and since I think humans are the funniest things on the planet (my Self included) I always have something to laugh about... walks on the beach.... movies... taking day trips...kicking back with friends, having great intellectual/philosophical/political conversations ....and let's not forget, howling at the moon...
~~ My mother, who died when I was four years old....~~
~~the Beatles were my first real love of music...then comes Van the man,Van Morrison another love of my life....Bob Dylan...Eric Clapton... Fleetwood Mac....The Who... Moody Blues...the Doors...Allman Brothers ...Elton John...Joe Cocker.... Marshall Tucker Band... Poco...The Doobie Brothers...The Eagles... Sade...Sarah McLacklan...Carole King... Pink Floyd...Tracy Chapman...Santana...Led Zeppelin...Bob Marley... Loggins & Messina... Steve Miller.... Talking Heads... Jimmie Vaughn... Little Feat... Lynyrd Skynyrd... the Chieftains ...Mary Black... Clannad...Loreena McKennitt...Deep Forest ...Dead Can Dance...and the list goes on...~~
~~I'm 59 after all...do you know how many good movies I've seen???... ones that make you weep with laughter and cry tears of great joy and sorrow... loved The Last Unicorn...Blue Velvet...Big Fish... Pulp Fiction... Pretty in Pink..The Princess Bride...Pirates of the Carribean...The Titanic ....Wizard of Oz....... Never Ending Story... Harold & Maude....and way too many more titles to remember.....~~
~~...TV...what's that...lol...and who has time....well...I do admit to watching the news and there are a couple of programs on I do like to watch...CSI~Las Vegas...The Dog Whisperer....went for 25 years with no TV...it doesn't have a big hold on me...~~
~~The list of books I have read is endless...for as long as I can remember, I have always loved books...they have taught...comforted...enter-tained and helped to shape me...I have read everything from fiction and non-fiction to metaphysical and astrological to co-dependentcy/ self awareness books...and more in between.... some of my all time favorites are...Waking the Tiger...The Flowering Tree...all books by Carlos Castaneda...The Course of Miracles...The Keys of Enoch... Women Who Run with the Wolves...all books by Shakti Gawain.... and Diane Stein.... Caroline Myss...Christiane Northrup...and on another note........ Rubyfruit Jungle... The Poisonwood Bible... The Horse Whisperer... Snow Falling on Cedars... The Prince of Tides... and all books by John Grisham, Stephen King, Nora Roberts... and more.....~~
~~ my heroes are people who I aspire to be like..people who by being themselves have changed my life.....Mother Teresa...Joseph Campbell...Jesus Christ...Buddha...Carl Jung....Ghandi....Krishna-murti....Baba Ram Dass....and all my family and friends who have believed in me, had faith in me, been there for me, and encouraged me to do my best ....~~