Some pictures taken with one of my three Holgas on several adventures....
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Photography: Black and White photos (old and new), antique and toy Holga cameras, infrared, Leicas, Mann Ray, Simon Marsden, John Santerineros, Eugene Atget, Lewis Carrol, Sally Mann, Philippe Halsmann.
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Special Places: the Garden District and Oak Alley in New Orleans; the West Coast, the Long Hall at Trinity College and Brigit's sacred wells in Ireland; the Liberty Bar (the word's best pecan pie!) and the Rose Window at Mission San Jose in San Antonio; Texas Hill country and vineyards; the various nooks and crannies and restaraunts in San Francisco (especially the End-up!).
Fun Stuff: historical cemeteries and old buildings (the Fox Theater Fullerton - but not its management); Victorian and Craftsman homes; dark wood and dark chocolate; tawny ports and Absinthe rituals, musty old books and warm rocks; vintage clothes, 1930's erotica and ruby-lipped burlesque dolls.
Anais Nin; Montreal, Canada; Joseph Campbell; the Orient Express; the Dali Lama; Romania; my biological father; people who live passionately; Theda Bara; Nobody....
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..Honorable mentions: Christiane Cegavske, George Melies, Ladislaw Starewicz:
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Beth Orton, Lucinda Williams, Bessie Smith, Billie Holiday, The Baby's, Nina Simone, Marilyn Manson, STP, Squeeze, Cocteau Twins, Angels of Venice, Flesh for Lulu, Bauhaus, The Three O'Clock, ABC, Temple of the Dog, This Mortal Coil, Yaz, Joy Division, Specimen, NIN, Joy Division, Wings, 10,000 Maniacs, Jane's Addiction, Roxy Music, Smashing Pumpkins, Portishead, Neverland, General Public, Dream Academy, Soft Cell, The Church, Delirium, Sheila Chandra, Echo & the Bunnymen, Kate Bush, Jerry Cantrell, Psych Furs, downbeats, electronica, anything that feeds the soul.
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Books read in 2007:
1. The Burning Time by Robin Morgan
2. Brokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
3. The Boleyn Inheretance by Philippa Gregory
4. Thunderstruck by Erik Larson
5. Weird California by Bishop, Oesterle and Marinacci
6. Abundance by Sena Jeter Naslund
7. We Band of Angels by Elizabeth M. Norman
8. This Spectred Isle: A Journey Through Haunted England by photographer Simon Marsden
9. The Freedom Writers Diary with Erin Gruwell
10. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
11. The New Revelatons: A Conversation with God by Neale Donald Walsch
12. Katherine by Anya Seton (in progress)
13. The Complete Idiot's Guide to Managing Your Time by Jeff Davidson
14. The Way of the Wolf by E.E. Knight
15. Marley and Me by John Grogan
16. How to Handle the Paper Load by the National Council of Teachers of English
17. Bag of Bones by Stephen King
18. Papers, Papers, Papers: An English Teacher’s Survival Guide by Carol Jago
19. Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
20. The Lost Boy by Dave Pelzer
21. The Untouchables by Eliot Ness with Oscar Fraley
22. The Memory Keeper’s Daughter by Kim Edwards
23. Natural Cures “They†Don’t Want You to Know About by Kevin Trudeau
24. Alternatives to Grading Student Writing edited by Stephen Tchudi
25. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
26. The Nazi Officer’s Wife by Edith Hahn Beer
27. A Literate Passion: Letters of Anais Nin & Henry Miller edited by Gunther Stuhlmann
28. The Secret by Rhonda Byrne
29. In Search of the Pleasure Palace: Disreputable Travels by Marc Almond
30. The Bat-Poet by Randall Jarrell, pictures by Maurice Sendak
31. The Quilter’s Legacy by Jennifer Chiaverini
32. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
33. Wicked: The Life and Ties of the Wicked Witch of the West by Gregory Maguire
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Books: "The White Hotel" by Thomas Pynchon; "The Fan-Maker's Inquisition" by Rikki Ducornet; "The Hours" by Michael Cunningham
Authors: D.H. Laurence, Henry Miller, Anais Nin.
Poets: William Carlos Williams, e.e. cummings, Pablo Neruda, Oscar Wilde.
Playwrights: Eugene O'Neil, Sam Shepard, Howard Barker, Mark Ravenhill.
Illustrations/Paintings/Artwork: Yoshitaka Amano, William Bourgeuereau, the amazing Erte, Alphonse Mucha, Aubrey Beardsly...
Giving:
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Volunteering:
Fullerton Theatre League
Special Interests
Thought of the Day:
If you too are feeling Punchie...