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About Me

You are the Fool card. The Fool fearlessly begins
the journey into the unknown. To do this, he
does not regard the world he knows as firm and
fixed. He has a seemingly reckless disregard
for obstacles. In the Ryder-Waite deck, he is
seen stepping off a cliff with his gaze on the
sky, and a rainbow is there to catch him. In
order to explore and expand, one must disregard
convention and conformity. Those in the throes
of convention look at the unconventional,
non-conformist personality and think What a
fool. They lack the point of view to understand
The Fool's actions. But The Fool has roots in
tradition as one who is closest to the spirit
world. In many tribal cultures, those born with
strange and unusual character traits were held
in awe. Shamans were people who could see
visions and go on journeys that we now label
hallucinations and schizophrenia. Those with
physical differences had experience and
knowledge that the average person could not
understand. The Fool is God. The number of the
card is zero, which when drawn is a perfect
circle. This circle represents both emptiness
and infinity. The Fool is not shackled by
mountains and valleys or by his physical body.
He does not accept the appearance of cliff and
air as being distinct or real. Image from: Mary
DeLave http://www.marydelave.com/
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My Interests

i'd like to meet local sushi lovers. or tea drinkers. or No Shame Theatre go-ers. or open artist's studio lovers. or Grandin Theater supporters. or teachers.....

I'd like to meet:

the wiseass who thought inclusion in a class with knives was a good idea.

Check this out: MY ART

Music:

um, tori amos.......DMB, Jack Johnson, Howie Day, Leonard Cohen, Mark Cohn, David Wilcox, James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Joni Mitchell, Allison Krauss, Robert Earl Keen Jr., Ben Folds Five, Counting Crows, Bob Schneider, John Hiatt, Matchbox Twenty, Susan Tedeschi, Damien Rice, Leela James, Martin Sexton, Ryan Adams, Emmylou Harris, Stephen Kellogg etc.

Movies:

I heart movies. My favorite is Natural Born Killers, just because I think it was before it's time.

Television:

I schedule my life around four TV shows: LOST, Boston Legal, Desperate Housewives, and Grey's Anatomy. Wait, that makes me sound like a couch potato. Those are actually the only shows I watch (I have 3 channels) so I'm not stuck on my couch usually. However, I do REALLY like those shows and I will drop whatever I'm doing so I can rush home just to see them! Hey... when I'm dedicated, I'm dedicated! :)

Books:

These are some of my favorites:
John Irving - A Prayer for Owen Meany and The World According to Garp
Jan Karon - The Mitford Series
Robert James Waller - The Bridges of Madison County
Ferrol Sams - The Whisper of the River

Heroes:

ODD TODD.COM , STRONG BAD.COM ................. oh, ok. you got me. these are cartoons, not heroes. but i really do admire folk who can be so creative as to come up with this hilarity.

My Blog

Back in the Valley...

Well, after an amazing summer, I am home again. Actually, I feel like a traitor calling this place home when Craig Springs is truly where my heart is. I love it, I miss it, and I need it like the...
Posted by Alisha on Wed, 30 Aug 2006 01:54:00 PST

Gone for the summer

Goodbye!! I'm in the mountains for the summer and won't be back here very often. See you in about three months!
Posted by Alisha on Thu, 22 Jun 2006 08:34:00 PST

Another one of my favorites

Lester's Tales -- Graham Lewis SpringWhen Lefty Bowmandropped a board and sawed awayall his right hand fingers,I kept the one they couldn't find.It wore a ring and I left the ring on.Sitting in N...
Posted by Alisha on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:19:00 PST

"Words I Wish I Wrote"

Robert Fulghum wrote the book "Words I Wish I Wrote." It's a collection of his favorite quotes, speaches, and poems. I figure if he can have a whole book of his favorites, well, then I can have a blog...
Posted by Alisha on Wed, 26 Apr 2006 05:09:00 PST

My Personal Philosophy of Education

I am a teacher because I was taught how to write a poem. Let me repeat that: I was taught how to write a poem. You see, I was under the belief that poets were born that way - pencil in hand. But in t...
Posted by Alisha on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:59:00 PST

Me ranting

As an art teacher, I am not yet subject to SOL testing, however, I am not a stranger to SOLs in general, as we have our own standards from which we are required to teach. Our schools Magnet program t...
Posted by Alisha on Tue, 25 Apr 2006 02:56:00 PST

ever wonder how your heart tastes?

ok, so..... i like to disect song lyrics. Baker Baker by Tori Amos is close to the top of my list. there's something quite moving about comparing god to a chef. well, that and the fact that ...
Posted by Alisha on Wed, 12 Oct 2005 06:54:00 PST

where'd my cheese go?

ever read that book 'where'd my cheese go?'. well, this blog has nothing to do with that. the real question is, 'where'd my camp go?'. i'm having camp withdrawls over here folks. i miss my work mates,...
Posted by Alisha on Thu, 18 Aug 2005 08:08:00 PST

After the Funeral (poem)

There are so many poems about funerals. The long drive home, the rain, The haunted, lonely nights ahead. Lenny killed himself by crashing into a bank after getting soused at a local pub and st...
Posted by Alisha on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST

another poem

I stand at the edge of the crowd and watch you watch the band on stage. The sadness in your eyes is a book to me, a poem I memorized long ago. You want to sing, you know you can do it better. Th...
Posted by Alisha on Mon, 01 Jan 1900 12:00:00 PST