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~maren

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About Me

(slideshow seems to like it better the 2nd time you come to the page - go figure!)

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heck, life's just plain too short! kind of a surprise for me to be here, but i'm having a great time with the music on myspace! i grew up in a family with eight kids (yikes!) in the SF Bay Area and experienced the music scene of the late 60's, early 70's ~ fillmore, winterland, concerts in GG park ~ what a time it was! people's park in berkeley, telegraph avenue, keystone...yep, a boomer with many great memories! (at least those that i can remember - lol!) my life is still full of music and art, but i share it with my wonderful (and patient!) husband and beautiful daughter! what could be better than that!? i love my work, love to hike in the incredible forests of the Pacific Northwest, love to drink good wine and love to see live music!!

My Interests

Get my banner code or make your own flash bannerGet my banner code or make your own flash bannermusic, hiking, kayaking, working out, pen and ink drawing, reading, gardening and home decorating (is this boring? lol)...oh, and ping pong! i like my work too!

I'd like to meet:

you...

Music:

"playing music justifies existence" - robyn hitchcockthe Decemberists, Rufus Wainwright, the Saw Doctors, the Shins, Death Cab for Cutie, A Fine Frenzy, Augustana, Goo Goo Dolls, Snow Patrol...but don't forget the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, James Taylor, Van Morrison, Boz Scaggs, Jimmy Buffett, Leonard Cohen, Crosby Stills and Nash, Tracy Nelson (Mother Earth)...luv the Blues!!

Movies:

foreign films, Woody Allen flicks - love a good movie!

Television:

only when i'm really tired!

Books:

Atlas Shrugged, We the Living, She's Come Undone, The Poisonwood Bible, Kite Runner, Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, Snow Falling on Cedars

Heroes:

my daughter!

My Blog

two weeks in the heart of Mexico!

i just spent two weeks in the heart of Central Mexico = Guadalajara, Aijijic, Morelia and San Miguel de Allende.  what an incredible experience!  there are many things that i learned during...
Posted by ~maren on Sun, 04 May 2008 02:53:00 PST

dearest Bobby

i knew this day would come...we all knew this day would come.   i've known Bobby since i was 22 years old...i met him when i worked in the bar of a steakhouse in California - that was a life...
Posted by ~maren on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 12:00:00 PST

true love ~ Zelda style

Valentine's Day is right around the corner so what could be more appropriate than a love letter!  here's one from Zelda Sayre to F. Scott Fitzgerald shortly before they were married in 1920....
Posted by ~maren on Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:20:00 PST

torn between two...

no, no, no...not that...i'm torn between two cities - SF and Seattle!  i just returned from one of my little trips to the Bay...love the Bay Area...it's where i grew up, where i learned about lif...
Posted by ~maren on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:59:00 PST

kickboxing!!

tonight i went to my first kickboxing workout - yikes, they should call it kick-butt!!  better watch out!
Posted by ~maren on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 10:13:00 PST

cruelty

one definition of cruel - "causing or marked by great pain or distress." today someone very dear to me was is great pain and distress brought on by another person, someone who "loves/loved" her....
Posted by ~maren on Tue, 25 Sep 2007 09:21:00 PST

mustache all gone!

my hubby shaved off his mustache today - first time in 30 years!!!!!!!  i like it ;-)
Posted by ~maren on Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:38:00 PST

OMG....here it comes!

what...what is it, you're scaring me, mare! oh...it's just that thing that sneaks up and bites me in the butt every year - the birthday bugger!  another year older, but guess what, a ye...
Posted by ~maren on Sun, 26 Aug 2007 04:47:00 PST

friendships

i received an e-mail yesterday from my 8th grade (yes, 8th grade!) girlfriend, one of those e-mails that people forward and tell you to send it to all your friends or you're doomed for the next 2...
Posted by ~maren on Fri, 24 Aug 2007 09:39:00 PST

melancholy baby and movie madness

i'm usually a pretty "up" person...but occasionally a funk sets in and the blahs take over...strangely, i can't even identify the source of this one! can i blame it on the crummy summer that we'r...
Posted by ~maren on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:30:00 PST