I'm a person more interested in the journey rather than the destination. That's why I follow paths rather than set goals.
Books are more important to me than music, movies, and sometimes people.
My library:
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I have found a place to do some good. It's not charity, it's micro-financing. It's DIY Foreign Aid...without the gun fire and dysentery.
You can start like I did with as little as $25. Less than a night in a club. So there is no excuse.
My Jeep takes a large portion of my life. I have taken my Jeep from bone stock to conservatively aggressive in a very short time. I enjoy taking it out on the trails around Southern California. My year is usually divided by weather: mountains in the summer and deserts in the winter.
My Jeep was built by and is maintained by JC Fab and Design , Sylmar, California.
I own a Yamaha Zuma scooter. I bought the scooter as a daily driver to leave the Jeep as a toy for the weekends. Although I commute via the subway now, I keep the Zuma as the grocery getter.
I have a Yamaha XT250 dual sport motorcycle as a second toy. It's a lightweight bike that can get itself to the trail, do the trail without beating up its rider and get home under its own power. No need to trailer.
When it comes to creativity, I firmly believe in exploring curiosity. If it looks like fun, do it. Unfortunately for me, the minute silver crosses the palm, it seems to lose all its fun.
I have worked with a drop spindle for years. I have a Kromski Minstrel spinning wheel. I'm working with some exotic fibers like silk, camel, soy and bamboo. Strange way to occupy my time, but the results are wearable.
Like a lot of women these days, I have discovered the addiction of knitting. Most of my pieces are made from my own homespun.
I've gotten back into writing, but I'm not certain where that's going to go. Sometimes all you can do is take your pen for a walk and see where it leads. The results of my pen be found at
Writing.com/qwiksilver
I have been giving my sketchbook a bit of exercise as well. I've started hanging out the the Getty and the Getty Villa again.
I am here to connect with my friends. Not to collect profiles. I am reserved in my friendship. I am a private person, and am careful who receives my friendship and affections.
MEN: I do not meet men on the internet. I require an introduction through a mutual acquaintance. If you do not know a mutual acquaintance who can introduce us, please do not waste my time or yours. Any messages from unknown men will be summarily deleted without being read. I make no exceptions.
There are a couple bands and a club or two I like. They know who they are.
All other messages that advertise a band, club, service or product from an unknown source/person will be reported as spam.
I would also like to state that the people I know can write in standard English. They are well read, and can communicate clearly with wit and intelligence. Trendy ways of spelling and trendy word combinations do not impress me in any way. Trendiness, shortcuts and misspellings just makes me think of one single word, "Idiot."
Professional Contact at:
My musical tastes are too wide ranging to start listing particulars. As far as performances, I can be found at the Disney Concert Hall or the Hollywood Bowl overdosing on a bit of Mozart or Bach if that's any clue.
I prefer period pieces, especially those set in the 16th through 19th centuries.
I am most likely to be found watching documentaries. I wouldn't know what is on the networks. I avoid the dumbed down commercial drivel found on most of the channels. Even the current documentary channels are dumbing down to an incessant round of UFOs, Bible stories, repeated tornado and tsunami footage, home improvement, promotional biographies for the latest "it" child in entertainment, watching tattoo artists go about their day (which is as interesting as watching grass grow) and loud mouthed mechanics trying making use of useless chrome. Thank the gods there is still the Universe out there, and it can still somehow sell Viagra.
I own several libraries: print, electronic and audio. I am a big fan of classics. My shelves are filled with Jane Austen, Jack London, John Steinbeck, Upton Sinclair and Robert Graves. I am a large reader of non-fiction and I have authors like Howard Zinn, Antonia Fraser, Thomas Cahill and Julius Caesar with Suetonius to be added in the future. My interests in fiction and non-fiction are usually historical and my favorite periods are the Roman Empire, the Black Death in the 13th century and it's repercussions, the 14th through 18th centuries, and the early 19th century centering on the Napoleonic wars. I'm fascinated by the court of Louis XIV, his impact on Europe and the Baroque period. I also have looked at the Civil War and the Reconstruction. Modern history barely interests me as it seems to be a repeat of everything else. For some reason, the late 20th century was not as original or interesting as everyone wants to make it out to be. Most late 20th century fiction? One word: trivial. The 21st century is not shaping up to be any better.
You can view my library at
(I've only started to catalog my library so stop by frequently to see the new additions.)
I am also constantly swapping books in and out for free at
Referral name: qwiksilver
Mom for not letting being a woman get in the way of what she wanted to do and for setting the example.
Elizabeth I for "Better beggar woman and single than Queen and married."
Margaret Sanger for her work to legalize birth control for women.
Shirley Muldowney for being the only woman to win Drag Racing's Top Fuel Championship three times.
General George S. Patton for not knowing when to shut his mouth and still being good at his job.