Lena

I'd like to meet:

Showfolk, Any of my friends from back in the days yo, from HF, good people, family, MOUNTAIN FOLK c'mon I know yer out there!

I heard somewhere that in everyone I meet, what I percieve is somehow a reflection of myself. If there's something I don't like about someone, it's probably a reflection of something in me, that I don't like. I take these subtle messages lightly, and share in the energy of others with openess, creating pathways to learn and grow personally, and hopefully helping others to do so as well....

Music:

What is American roots music? The term "American roots music" may not be a familiar one, and requires some explanation. At the beginning of the 20th Century, the term "folk music" was used by scholars to describe music made by whites of European ancestry, often in the relatively isolated rural South. As the century progressed, the definition of folk music expanded to include the song styles - particularly the blues - of Southern blacks as well. In general, folk music was viewed as a window into the cultural life of these groups. Folk songs communicated the hopes, sorrows and convictions of ordinary people's everyday lives. Increasingly, music made by other groups of Americans such as Native Americans, Mexican-Americans, and Cajuns came under the umbrella of "folk music." It was sung in churches, on front porches, in the fields and other workplaces, while rocking children to sleep, and at parties. The melodies and words were passed down from parent to child, though songs - and their meanings - often changed to reflect changing times.In the 1960s, awareness of folk songs and musicians grew, and popular musicians began to draw on folk music as an artistic source as never before. "Folk music" then became a form of popular music itself, popularized by singer/songwriters such as Bob Dylan, who helped pioneer the intimate, often acoustic performing style that echoed that of community-based folk musicians. Music writers, scholars and fans began to look for new ways to describe the diverse array of musical styles still being sung and played in communities across America, though most often not heard on radios. The term "roots music" is now used to refer to this broad range of musical genres, which include blues, gospel, traditional country, zydeco, tejano, and native American pow-wow.

Books:

The Humanure Handbook, Mother's Nature: Timeless Wizdom for the Journey Into Motherhood, The Master Cleanse

Heroes:

*~Mah Muthah, Her Muthah, and every othah Muthah before me, and aftah me, touch the earth often for luck~*

*~Perhaps it is a good thing that nature and medicine never got together—nature could have very easily suffered the many dangerous side effects~* Stanley Burroughs