Photography, Music..especially live, Reading, going to Kudzu's, crossword puzzles, canoeing.
"About all you can do in life is be who you are." -- Rita Mae Brown"Live as if you like yourself, and it may happen." -- Marge Piercy"To love someone deeply gives you strength." -- Lao Tzu"Even when love isn't enough...somehow it is." -- Stephen King"We all have at least one good story to tell." -- Oprah Winfrey"We are shaped and fashioned by what we love" --Goethe"Relationships are difficult, time-consuming, baffling, and sometimes heartbreaking. They're also what make life worth living." Martha BeckThe supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved -- loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves. -Victor Hugo"Happiness is not something ready made... It comes from your own actions." -- Dalai Lama"No matter what you are doing, keep the undercurrent of happiness. Learn to be secretly happy within your heart in spite of all circumstances." -- Paramahansa Yogananda"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive..." -- Eleonora Duse"You don't need organized religion to connect with the universe. Often a church is the only place you can go to find peace and quiet... But it shouldn't be confused with connecting with one's spirit." -- Alice WalkerGreat ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment." -- Baltasar"The most beautiful discovery true friends make is that they can grow separately without growing apart." -- Elizabeth Foley"The gift you offer another person is just your being." -- Ram Dass"Lavish [love] on others, receive it gratefully when it come to you. Cultivate friendship like a garden. It is the best love of all." -- Sister Helen Prejean"You can select [friends] at random, write to one, dine with one, visit one, or take your problems to one. There is always at least one who will understand, inspire, and give you the lift you may need at the time." -- George Matthew Adams"What I like most about change is that it's a synonym for 'hope.' If you are taking a risk, what you are really saying is, 'I believe in tomorrow and I will be part of it.'" -- Linda EllerbeeLife is too short to wake up with regrets. So love the people who treat you right.. Forget about the one's who don't.. Believe everything happens for a reason. If you get a second chance, grab it with both hands. If it changes your life, let it. Nobody said life would be easy, they just promised it would be worth it. Unknown"Whatever you have forgotten, you can remember. Whatever you have buried you can unearth. If you are willing to look deep into your own nature, if you are willing to peel away the layers of not-self you have adopted in making your way through the tribulations of life, you will find that your true self is not as far removed as you think." -- Meredith Jordan"You do not know how much they mean to me, my friends, And how, how rare and strange it is, to find In a life composed so much, so much of odds and ends... To find a friend who has these qualities, Who has, and gives Those qualities upon which friendship lives." -- T.S. EliotKnow, first, who you are; and then adorn yourself accordingly.Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)Anyone who takes himself too seriously always runs the risk of looking ridiculous; anyone who can consistently laugh at himself does not. Vaclav HavelAmong those whom I like or admire, I can find no common denominator, but among those whom I love, I can: all of them make me laugh.W. H. AudenYou don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing. Michael Pritchard"True spirituality is a mental attitude you can practice at any time." -- Dalai LamaHonesty is probably the sexiest thing a man can give a woman. Debra MessingI like who I am as a person. And because I believe that there's much more to me than my looks, other people believe it too. Felicia P. Fields...it is always the simple that produces the marvelous. Amelia E. BarrBut the most important lesson is to bring beauty to your attitude. Dixie CarterEach thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. Edward AbbeyMy beauty comes from having my own style, living my own way and knowing my own mind. Lee DamskyThe beauty that addresses itself to the eyes is only the spell of the moment; the eye of the body is not always that of the soul. George SandThe body knows a language the mind never wholly masters. Brenda Miller Laugh at yourself first, before anyone else can. - Elsa Maxwellsometimes things have to fall apart in order for things to fall into place. UnknownTo have darkness behind me, in front of me a / bright sky, flickering lights on the water, and to feel / On the stony face the southern sun. Julia Hartwig
The Rhythm Hounds, Bob & Susie Salley, Nancy Apple, Maria Spence and The Blind Ducks, Cowboy Bob and The Bounty Hunters, JoJo Jeffries (local Memphis bands), Neil Young, Van Morrison, The Allman Brothers, and a bunch of other old school stuff. I'll get around to listing more stuff later.
love comedies!
Sitcoms, News shows
anything Michael Crichton, Jennifer Weiner, mysteries and yes sometimes those trashy romance novels...lol
my parents....hey they managed to raise 4 kids and still have some of their sanity..... love you Mama and Daddy!